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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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[–] Decoy321 13 points 1 year ago (12 children)

What'd he do?

[–] Ghostalmedia 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Makes me wonder if he wanted to put ethical guardrails on the product that would’ve been less profitable for the board.

[–] kromem 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the non-profit board, not an investor board. None of the members have equity in the company.

[–] Tillyface89 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm going with the board doesn't like the commercially tied investment deals from other companies.

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