Sam Altman Returning To OpenAI As CEO Less Than A Week After Ouster; New Board Named
22.11.2023 - 08:27
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Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO with a new board, the tech startup said early Wednesday morning. The news comes less than a week after Altman was suddenly ousted last Friday. By Sunday evening, he had moved to Microsoft to help lead a new group researching artificial intelligence.
Earlier this week, more than 500 OpenAI employees sent a letter to the board saying they would resign and join the new Microsoft group if Altman and President, Chairman and co-founder Greg Brockman were not reinstated and a new board formed.
The new board of ChatGPT owner OpenAI will now include former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Quora co-founder and CEO Adam D’Angelo.
In a post on X, OpenAI wrote late Tuesday night Pacific time, “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board… We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.”
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.
We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.
Altman followed that up with his own X post, addressing the quick shifts:
i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the 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. with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m…
And Brockman said he was “getting back to coding tonight.”
Returning to OpenAI & getting back to coding tonight.
When Altman’s move to Microsoft was