OpenAI’s board of directors, which dismissed the company’s CEO Sam Altman on Friday, is facing a new problem. According to leaked information, OpenAI employees objected to the board of directors regarding Sam Altman. Here are the details…
OpenAI employees: “Sam Altman should come back to the company.”
OpenAI’s current board includes scientist Ilya Sutskever, Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, former GeoSim Systems CEO Tasha McCauley, and Helen Toner, director of strategy at the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Unlike traditional companies, the board of directors is not tasked with maximizing shareholder value. It should also be noted that the board members do not own equity in OpenAI.
Sutskever, who co-founded OpenAI and led its researchers, was instrumental in Altman’s ouster this week, according to multiple sources. A few hours after Altman was fired, OpenAI president Greg Brockman also announced that he was resigning.
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There was a separation in OpenAI, one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence-focused companies. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, was dismissed.
The duo parted ways with the company and talked to their friends and investors about establishing another company. A number of senior researchers also resigned on Friday. More people will leave OpenAI and move to Sam Altman’s new firm, according to people close to the company.
OpenAI employees gave the board of directors time to reinstate the former CEO. A source close to Altman states that the board agreed in principle to resign and allow Altman and Brockman to return. According to the statement, the time given to the board of directors has expired.
Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, said in a statement shortly after Altman’s firing that the company remained “committed” to its partnership with OpenAI. It should be noted that OpenAI investors were not informed in advance of the decision to fire Altman and did not have the opportunity to comment on the decision.
The dismissal of Altman, the face of the company and its most prominent voice in artificial intelligence, leaves the company in limbo at a time when competitors are trying to keep up with ChatGPT’s meteoric rise. An OpenAI spokesperson declined to respond to questions about Altman’s discussions with the board about returning.