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The Fallout From Sam Altman’s Return to OpenAI
J.Smith3 months ago
Now what? He’s back. Overnight, OpenAI announced that it had an “agreement in principal” to reinstall Sam Altman as C.E.O. , while the board members who pushed him out are departing. The news was greeted rapturously by the ChatGPT creator’s employees, most of whom had threatened to quit and join Altman at Microsoft. The move ended five days of drama that had gripped Silicon Valley and beyond. Altman and those focused more on commercializing the technology came out ahead of those worried about its apocalyptic potential. But the episode raises questions about what comes next. OpenAI’s board will be revamped. Gone are Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner and Ilya Sutskever, three of the four directors who ousted Altman. An “interim” board will take over, led by Bret Taylor, the former Salesforce co-C.E.O., and including Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, and Adam D’Angelo, the Quora C.E.O. and a holdover from the last board. That board will help select a bigger permanent one , according to The Verge, which may include representation for Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest investor. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s C.E.O., called the development “a first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance.” It’s not clear what other changes are coming.
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