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…]
[1/2]Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, arrives at a bipartisan insights forum on artificial intelligence (AI) for all U.S. Senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol on September 13, 2023 in Washington, USA. Portal/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire License Rights Nov 22 (Portal) – Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam … [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…]
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Discussions were underway Tuesday about the future of OpenAI and the possible return of Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence company’s ousted CEO, people familiar with the discussions said, a day after nearly all employees threatened to resign. Investors and executives were looking for a plan to bring … [Read more…]
In a dramatic turnaround late Friday, former Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired by OpenAI’s board as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3. Then the company’s longtime president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, resigned – as did three senior OpenAI researchers. And the consequences … [Read more…]