Sam Altman Will Not Return as OpenAI CEO, Ex-Twitch Boss Emmett Shear to Take Up Role: Report

Sam Altman Will Not Return as OpenAI CEO, Ex-Twitch Boss Emmett Shear to Take Up Role: Report

Sam Altman will not return as the CEO of OpenAI and ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear will become the new interim CEO, The Information reported on Sunday, citing board director Ilya Sutskever’s statement to the company’s staff. Shear co-founded Twitch and had stepped down from the Amazon.com-owned live video streaming platform earlier this year. OpenAI did …

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Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are meeting with OpenAI execs now at HQ in ongoing talks over reinstatement

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are meeting with OpenAI execs now at HQ in ongoing talks over reinstatement

Newly ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former president Greg Brockman are meeting with executives at the company’s San Francisco headquarters now as discussions about possibly reinstating their positions continue, The Information reports. Per The Information, interim CEO Mira Murati and others have been leading the push to get Altman reinstated as CEO, and invited …

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OpenAI sacks Sam Altman: What next for former ChatGPT CEO

OpenAI sacks Sam Altman: What next for former ChatGPT CEO

OpenAI board fired Sam Altman saying it lost the confidence in the tech executive’s ability to lead the company behind the famous ChatGPT chatbot. In less than 24 hours after the sacking, there were discussions on Altman’s next step. While some say he is set to make a comeback while others say the tech executive …

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Internal memo says Sam Altman’s firing wasn’t due to ‘malfeasance’ or OpenAI safety practices

Internal memo says Sam Altman’s firing wasn’t due to ‘malfeasance’ or OpenAI safety practices

An internal memo sent to OpenAI staff on Saturday after former CEO Sam Altman’s abrupt firing reiterates that “a breakdown in communication” led to the decision, not “malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices,” according to Axios and The New York Times. The memo obtained by both publications was sent …

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Sam Altman: ChatGPT CEO sacked by OpenAI board, here’s why

Sam Altman: ChatGPT CEO sacked by OpenAI board, here’s why

Sam Altman, who is considered by many as the poster boy of the new wave of AI, has been replaced as CEO by the OpenAI board. Altman has been replaced by the company’s chief technology officer Mira Murati.“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently …

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Fired by ChatGPT Board: Details

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Fired by ChatGPT Board: Details

The board of the company behind ChatGPT late on Friday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — to many, the human face of generative AI — sending shock waves across the tech industry. OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will serve as interim CEO, the company said, adding that it will conduct a formal search for …

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Microsoft: Hackers trying to break into ChatGPT servers? Here’s what the Microsoft-backed company said

Microsoft: Hackers trying to break into ChatGPT servers? Here’s what the Microsoft-backed company said

ChatGPT users have been facing connectivity issues with the AI chatbot since the past few days. ChatGPT maker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also apologised to users for the same. Now a report in Bloomberg says that the “abnormal traffic” that the company has been grappling with since the past few days suggests hackers are trying …

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ChatGPT with DALL-E3 integration is now available in beta for paid users

ChatGPT with DALL-E3 integration is now available in beta for paid users

ChatGPT developer OpenAI launched the generative AI chatbot’s live web browsing feature earlier this year. Later, the Microsoft-backed AI startup had to pull the plugin as it was taking information from paid content without permission. The Sam Altman-led company has recently brought the feature out of beta and has also integrated the chatbot with DALL-E …

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