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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ChunkMcHorkle to c/technology
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Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My guess — and this is pure conjecture — MS canned him because Bing didn't eat Google's lunch.

[–] kromem 10 points 1 year ago

Allegedly MS didn't know until a few minutes before the announcement.

[–] BetaDoggo_ 6 points 1 year ago

Microsoft doesn't have that power, and it has hurt their stock value. Their CEO's response suggests that Microsoft and other partners didn't know until everyone else did.

[–] stevedidWHAT 1 points 1 year ago

But they said it was because he wasn’t being totally honest with the board for OpenAI tho

Corps would never lie to save face or hide truths!!