After five-days long dram ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Wednesday, November 22, said that it has reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor , Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo. Late last week, Friday November 17 to be precise, OpenAI board had sacked Altman in a surprise announcement. The board is reported to have fired Altman during a video call.
What OpenAI said on Sam Altman’s return
Sam Altman was reinstated late Tuesday (November 21) as OpenAI’s CEO, successfully reversing his ouster by the company’s board last week after a campaign waged by his allies, employees and investors, the company said.“We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo,” OpenAI said in a post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.”
What led to Sam Altman’s return
After hours of negotiation, the board on Sunday, November 20, said that it was going to stick with its decision to fire Altman. It even named Shear as the new CEO. However, just hours later, Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, said that Altman, Brockman and others would be joining the company to start a new advanced artificial intelligence lab. Nearly all of OpenAI’s more than 700 employees too signed a letter telling the board they would walk out and follow Altman to Microsoft if he wasn’t reinstated.
Four board members — Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI founder; Adam D’Angelo, CEO of Quora; Helen Toner, a director of strategy at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology; and Tasha McCauley, an entrepreneur and computer scientist — had played a key role in Altman’s ouster. But as the employee revolt grew, Sutskever apologised in a message on X, “I deeply regret my participation in the board’s actions.” He also signed the letter.
Sam Altman thanks Satya Nadella on his return
“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,” Altman said in a post to X. “with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m looking forward to returning to openai, and building on our strong partnership with msft.”
What happens to Twitch’s ex-boss who was named OpenAI CEO earlier
It is so far not clear what happens to Emmett Shear, the former Twitch boss, who was named OpenAI CEO on Monday.
What OpenAI board said on Sam Altman’s sacking
OpenAI’s board did not offer a specific reason for why it sacked Altman, other than to say in a blog post that it did not believe he was communicating honestly with them. Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo, viewed by news agency Reuters, that we can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices. “This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board,” he wrote.
What OpenAI said on Sam Altman’s return
Sam Altman was reinstated late Tuesday (November 21) as OpenAI’s CEO, successfully reversing his ouster by the company’s board last week after a campaign waged by his allies, employees and investors, the company said.“We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo,” OpenAI said in a post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.”
What led to Sam Altman’s return
After hours of negotiation, the board on Sunday, November 20, said that it was going to stick with its decision to fire Altman. It even named Shear as the new CEO. However, just hours later, Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, said that Altman, Brockman and others would be joining the company to start a new advanced artificial intelligence lab. Nearly all of OpenAI’s more than 700 employees too signed a letter telling the board they would walk out and follow Altman to Microsoft if he wasn’t reinstated.
Four board members — Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI founder; Adam D’Angelo, CEO of Quora; Helen Toner, a director of strategy at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology; and Tasha McCauley, an entrepreneur and computer scientist — had played a key role in Altman’s ouster. But as the employee revolt grew, Sutskever apologised in a message on X, “I deeply regret my participation in the board’s actions.” He also signed the letter.
Sam Altman thanks Satya Nadella on his return
“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,” Altman said in a post to X. “with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m looking forward to returning to openai, and building on our strong partnership with msft.”
What happens to Twitch’s ex-boss who was named OpenAI CEO earlier
It is so far not clear what happens to Emmett Shear, the former Twitch boss, who was named OpenAI CEO on Monday.
What OpenAI board said on Sam Altman’s sacking
OpenAI’s board did not offer a specific reason for why it sacked Altman, other than to say in a blog post that it did not believe he was communicating honestly with them. Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo, viewed by news agency Reuters, that we can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices. “This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board,” he wrote.
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