OpenAI’s board of administrators introduced Friday it had fired CEO Sam Altman. However he’s doing okay. By Monday morning, he had joined Microsoft “to steer a brand new superior AI analysis crew,” in line with the corporate.
Altman cofounded OpenAI with Elon Musk in 2015 as a nonprofit and served because the CEO for the for-profit arm since 2019. He was initially fired from OpenAI over “a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board,” in line with an inside employees memo. A number of key members additionally resigned, together with co-founder Greg Brockman (who will now additionally be a part of Microsoft) together with just a few senior researchers. “Dozens” of OpenAI workers reportedly introduced internally they’d be quitting too, with some expressing curiosity in becoming a member of a possible new Altman startup.
In line with Bloomberg, the board had reportedly thought of reversing Altman’s firing, although the ousted exec wished the prevailing board to resign and concern a public apology — and I totally endorse all this drama, if true.
The corporate didn’t apologize, nevertheless.
— Mat Smith
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