There has been a really interesting development in the past few days and OpenAI CEO of the company Sam Altman He was fired.
OpenAI CEO for those who missed it Sam Altman, He was dismissed from his position by the company’s board of directors. Chief technology officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI. About this surprising decision in the statement, “The board no longer trusts Altman, who has not been honest with us. “We are grateful for Sam’s contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI, but we believe a new leader is now necessary.” It was said. At the same time, “The search process to determine the next CEO is ongoing. “As part of this transition process, Greg Brockman will step down as chairman of the board and continue his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.” The explanation was also passed. About the process, Sam Altman said the following in the first stage: “I thoroughly enjoyed my time at OpenAI. It has been transformative for me personally, and I hope it has been a little bit transformative for the world. It was great to work with such talented people. “I’ll let you know later about what’s next.”
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As far as we know today OpenAI The board wanted to bring Sam Altman back as CEO, and there were discussions about this. This step back in such a short time seems really interesting, and it is stated that Altman is undecided about the return and demands serious managerial changes. It is stated that Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, one of OpenAI’s largest investors, was very angry about Sam Altman’s firing, and perhaps that is why the board of directors wants to take a step back. A source close to Altman said the board agreed in principle to resign and allow Altman and Brockman to return, but later decided not to. conveys.
Of course, there were other developments after Altman’s firing. For example, the founding partner of the company and also the chairman of the board of directors Greg Brockman, As we mentioned above, due to the circumstances resigned. In fact, Brockman could have stayed at OpenAI if he wanted, but he did not accept Altman’s firing. On this subject, Brockman says: Wrote: “Sam and I We are shocked and very saddened by the decision taken by the board of directors. First of all, we want to thank all the incredible people we work with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and everyone who has reached out to us. “We’re still trying to understand exactly what happened.”
As far as we learned from the post made by Brockman, the founding partner of the company Ilya Sutskeverinvited Sam Altman to a meeting at noon on Friday, which was attended by the entire board of directors except Brockman. Altman said he was fired and OpenAI described it as “Very soonHe learned that he would announce it at that meeting.
During the meeting following Altman’s firing, employees told Sutskever that the CEO’s dismissal was a “coup” or “hostile takeover” they asked. Allegedly, the board saw fit to dismiss Altman for commercializing OpenAI technologies too quickly, before major security concerns were resolved. There is an alleged disagreement between for-profit and non-profit fans at the company.