OpenAI employees

It's been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman.Altman, who helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015, was removed as CEO Friday in a sudden and mostly unexplained exit that stunned the industry. And while his chief executive title was swiftly reinstated just days later, a lot of questions are still up in the air. If you're just catching up on the OpenAI saga and what's at stake for the artificial intelligence space as a whole, you've come to the right place. Here's a…

Sam Altman is returning to lead OpenAI less than five days after his surprise dismissal, which kicked off a tug of war for his talent, left the company in disarray and laid bare deep board divisions over the mission of one of the world's most valuable startups.OpenAI's new interim board, which won't include Altman at the outset, will be led by Bret Taylor, a former co-CEO of Salesforce Inc. The other directors are Larry Summers, the former US treasury secretary, and existing member Adam D'Angelo, the co-founder and CEO…

It's time to “get back to shipping” products, a senior OpenAI manager told staffers Tuesday, part of an effort to get the company focused on developing software and forging partnerships instead of the will-he-won't-he drama over whether Sam Altman, summarily fired by the board Friday, will return to the chief executive officer role.In a message to OpenAI employees on Tuesday, Peter Deng, a vice president of product, said that “we decided that the best way to channel our energy” is developing products, according to a note…

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Most of OpenAI's employees have threatened to resign and follow ousted leader Sam Altman to Microsoft Corp. unless the current board resigns, leaving the future of the high-profile artificial intelligence startup increasingly uncertain.A letter signed by about 600 of the artificial intelligence firm's roughly 770 employees on Monday states that the signatories are “unable to work for or with people that lack competence, judgment and care for our mission and employees.”  After a tumultuous weekend that kicked off with…