INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
WASHINGTON: The board of directors sacked him
He in turn fired the board of directors
In a head-spinning move on Tuesday, Sam Altman was reinstated as the CEO of OpenAI five days after he was shunted out, following a mass
revolt among the 800-member staff who threatened to decamp with him to Microsoft.As it turned out, the board that fired Altman itself split,
with one leading member, Adam D'Angelo, having second thoughts amid the staff protest that would have landed the entire company in
Microsoft's lap.But on Tuesday night it was announced Altman would return as CEO with a newly constituted board, including former Twitter
chair Bret Taylor, former US treasury secretary Larry Summers, and D'Angelo, who had voted to oust Altman, the only holdover
Other members who voted to fire Altman, including one of the company's founders, Ilya Sutskever, as well as Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley,
are leaving the company, as is Altman's successor Emmett Shear, who lasted less than 72 hours.The battle for control of OpenAI was
the fears are overblown and wants AI to grow naturally.The rift also appeared to break along gender lines with two women in the ousted
board, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner, both with ties to movements believe AI could end up destroying humanity, voting to fire Altman
The cleave also involved a shadowy battle between Google and Microsoft, both headed by Indian Americans Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella,
past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together
when i decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that was the best path for me and the team
We believe this is a first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance
Sam, Greg, and I have talked and agreed they have a key role to play along with the OAI leadership team in ensuring OAI continues to thrive
Microsoft's incorporation of OpenAI's main product ChatGPT into its search engine Bing enables it to compete against Google, which dominates
the search field.Three days, three CEOs: The 'drama' at OpenAI
