Fired

OpenAI’s board of directors announced Friday it had fired CEO Sam Altman. But he’s doing okay. By Monday morning, he had joined Microsoft “to lead a new advanced AI research team,” according to the company. Altman cofounded OpenAI with Elon Musk in 2015 as a nonprofit and served as the CEO for the for-profit arm since 2019. He was originally fired from OpenAI over “a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board,” according to an internal staff memo. Several key members also resigned, including co-founder Greg…

Given that OpenAI works with advanced AI, which carries great risk, they should reveal why they had to fire Sam Altman and what made them lose trust in his ability to lead the development of generative AI like ChatGPT, said Elon Musk…

It’s been a whirlwind weekend at OpenAI after the company’s board of directors fired founder Sam Altman on November 17. Now, after apparent failed attempts on Sunday to get Altman rehired and instead, OpenAI’s board hired a new CEO, Emmett Shear, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced that both Sam Altman and former OpenAI president Greg Brockman have been hired to lead Microsoft’s new advanced AI research team.No one on Friday could have guessed that by Monday Sam Altman would be a direct hire at Microsoft, but the…

Major investors in OpenAI, the company behind hugely popular ChatGPT, are working to orchestrate the return as CEO of Sam Altman, a leader in the AI revolution who was fired in a shock move Friday, US media reported Sunday.Investors as important as Microsoft and venture firm Thrive Capital "are making efforts to bring back Sam Altman," the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. Microsoft and Thrive are the two largest investors in OpenAI, but other investors are supportive of these efforts, the Journal…

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's cofounder and former president who quit hours after the company's board ousted CEO Sam Altman, said that the duo was shocked and saddened and detailed how the events transpired.What are the details? In a statement posted on X ( formerly Twitter) Brockman, detailed the timeline of Altman’s ouster. The statement was reposted by Altman. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data…

OpenAI, the company behind popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, on Friday fired CEO Sam Altman after its board "lost confidence in his leadership abilities".OpenAI announced that chief technology officer Mira Murati will step in as interim CEO.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine…

There’s a theory going around about OpenAI’s mysterious firing of its high-profile CEO Sam Altman. In essence, the hypothesis is that Altman was pushing hard to commercialize OpenAI’s research without giving proper regard to managing the safety risks of the technology. But an internal memo from OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap to employees on Saturday seems to throw cold water on that idea. “We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business,…

OpenAI founder Sam Altman was…

Sam Altman reflects on a strange day that felt like reading his own eulogy while still alive, and expresses appreciation for the outpouring of love. Taking to X, he wrote, “I love you all. Today was a weird experience in many ways. but one unexpected one is that it has been sorta like reading your own eulogy while you’re…

In one of the most shocking dismissals of a high-profile CEO in recent times, the board of ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Friday sacked cofounder and CEO Sam Altman. The news has sent shockwaves across the technology and wider business industry.Take a look at what the business leaders have to say on Sam Altman's ouster:Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIIT DelhiIITD…