The OpenAI board of directors, which dismissed the company’s CEO Sam Altman on Friday, is facing a new problem. According to leaked information, OpenAI employees have pulled the plug on the board of directors regarding Sam Altman. Here are the details…
OpenAI employees: Sam Altman must return to the company
OpenAI’s current board of directors includes scientist Ilya Sutskever, Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, former GeoSim Systems CEO Tasha McCauley, and Helen Toner, director of strategy at the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Unlike traditional corporations, the board’s mandate is not to maximize shareholder value. It is also worth noting that the people on the board do not hold equity in OpenAI.
According to multiple sources, Sutskever, who co-founded OpenAI and led its researchers, was instrumental in Altman’s ouster this week. A few hours after Altman was fired, OpenAI president Greg Brockman also announced his resignation.
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The two parted ways with the company and talked to friends and investors about starting another firm. A number of senior researchers also resigned on Friday. According to people close to the company, more people will leave OpenAI and move to Sam Altman’s new firm.
OpenAI employees have given the board of directors time to reinstate the former CEO. A source close to Altman says the board has agreed in principle to resign and allow Altman and Brockman to return. According to the statement, the time given to the board has expired.
Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, said in a statement shortly after Altman was fired that the company remained “committed” to its partnership with OpenAI. It should be noted that OpenAI investors were not informed in advance of Altman’s firing and did not have the opportunity to comment on the decision.
As the face of the company and its most prominent voice in AI, Altman’s dismissal throws the company into uncertainty at a time when competitors are trying to catch up with ChatGPT’s phenomenal rise. An OpenAI spokesperson declined to respond to questions about Altman’s discussions with the board about returning.
