The firing and reinstatement of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has derailed Microsoft’s months-long effort to prevent antitrust regulators from scrutinizing its massive investment in the startup. The world’s largest software manufacturer has pumped billions into the startup since 2019. The bulk of that reportedly came in a $10 billion deal that gave Microsoft 49% of … [Read more…]
Since Sam Altman was fired by the OpenAI board two weeks ago, questions have arisen about what sparked the drama. The fact is: We still don’t really know what happened and why Altman was forced out. Altman himself has said he won’t talk about it. Microsoft obviously isn’t talking. And even former board members who … [Read more…]
Enlarge / Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and co-chair of OpenAI, seen here in July 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images News When Sam Altman was suddenly removed as OpenAI’s CEO – before being reinstated days later – the company’s board publicly justified the move by saying that Altman “was not consistently open in his communications … [Read more…]
When OpenAI’s board asked Sam Altman to return the day after he was fired, he initially felt defiant, hurt and angry. “It took me a few minutes to get out of the situation, get over my ego and my feelings, and then think, ‘Yeah, of course I want to do this,’” he told me by … [Read more…]
Sam Altman was fired by OpenAI’s board on Friday. Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several senior researchers sent the board a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Portal. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm … [Read more…]
When OpenAI announced Sam Altman’s return to the helm on Tuesday evening, an impromptu party broke out at the company’s San Francisco offices. As employees celebrated the reinstatement of the co-founder, who had been dramatically fired just four days earlier, the company’s investors and other tech leaders rushed to offer their support to Altman, and … [Read more…]
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SAN FRANCISCO – Sam Altman, fired from his role at ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Friday, will return to his post as chief executive, ending a boardroom drama that has roiled Silicon Valley and exposed power struggles over who is in control about the future of artificial intelligence. … [Read more…]
Sam Altman was reinstated as CEO of OpenAI late Tuesday, the company said, successfully reversing his removal by the company’s board last week after a campaign by his allies, employees and investors. The board is being overhauled and several members who had opposed Mr. Altman are fired. Adam D’Angelo, the CEO of Quora, will be … [Read more…]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, the startup announced early Wednesday morning on X, formerly known as Twitter. The move follows enormous pressure from employees and investors on the board … [Read more…]
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI directors are in talks with Sam Altman to allow him to be reinstated to the board, four days after their decision to fire him plunged the generative artificial intelligence startup into turmoil. A deal to … [Read more…]