Sam Altman isn’t coming back to OpenAI
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OpenAI is on its third CEO in three days.

The deal to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI has fallen apart::After negotiations to bring Sam Altman back as OpenAI’s CEO fell apart, Emmett Shear was named interim CEO by the nonprofit’s board.

    • @Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
      21•1 year ago

      It’s a big tech company. Unless you’re an actual coal-face developer or sysadmin, most of the actual challenges will be the same regardless of what the machines with the blinky lights are actually doing.

      It’s not like the CEO is expected to be cutting code.

  • capitalEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    Watch Microsoft’s stock today lol

    Edit: huh… they hired Altman and friends. Interesting.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Shear will take over as interim OpenAI CEO from Mira Murati, who was publicly aligned with Altman.

    The hiring of Shear appears to close the door on Altman’s exit after he was fired Friday when the board said he had not been “consistently candid in his communications.” As we reported Saturday, the board quickly began discussing the CEO’s return under pressure from investors and the threat of a mass employee walkout.

    On Saturday night, sources told The Verge the remaining board members had missed a 5PM PT deadline to resign and reinstate Altman and fellow co-founder Greg Brockman or face a slew of staff resignations.

    After the deadline passed, droves of OpenAI employees started posting their support for Altman on social media.

    OpenAI’s profile has skyrocketed since the launch of ChatGPT, which quickly became one of the fastest-growing services ever and kicked off a tech gold rush over generative AI.

    Earlier this month, Altman reported that the service has over 100 million weekly users.

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