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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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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[–] kromem 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a non-profit.

OpenAI is a non-profit with a board which owns the LLC which is what was invested into and makes money.

This was not the LLC board, but the non-profit board in charge of the whole thing.

[–] drmoose 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for explaining! I knew about this arrangement but didn't know the two boards work this way.

So, non-profit board members are being simply hired as employees and they don't have to have any connection with the company as long as they meet the bylaw criteria.

Altman himself praised this non profit overseer structure before. I wonder what does he think of it now 🫣

[–] xantoxis 4 points 7 months ago

A point of clarification, board members aren't usually considered employees by virtue of their presence on the board. They are apart from the organization. They often have a dual role as some kind of executive in the company, though.