The news that’s been coming out from the OpenAI office for the past week can only be summed up as “chaotic” and dramatic. Trust me the plot twists happening in the story which started when CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were fired, has no less plot twists than an Ekta Kapoor serial. After the two were fired, Mira Murati was appointed as the interim CEO but that didn’t last long either as she was replaced by former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear. But that didn’t last long either. After a threatening email from over 500 employees at OpenAI asking the board to resign and bring back Altman or all of them would resign and go to Microsoft, Sam Altman along with Greg Brockman was brought back to OpenAI. Whooof! A lot for just one week, right?
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But the top-level drama hasn’t ended just yet. Soon after Sam Altman was re-appointed as the CEO of the hottest AI venture of the time, the board that was responsible for removing Altman in the first place was mostly replaced.
See, after the chaotic actions of the board over the past couple of days, the employees at the California-based OpenAI took matters into their own hands. As I mentioned previously, over 500 employees threatened the board to resign marking a rebellion.
Also read: Fired by OpenAI, Sam Altman now joins Microsoft as AI lead
Currently, the only one remaining on the board is Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo. Media reports suggest that he will be soon joined by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and by former US Treasury Secretary and president of Harvard University, Larry Summers. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the OpenAI board could have six new additional members in addition to them. The report further informed that neither Sam Altman nor Greg Brockman will return as board members.
It will be interesting to see how the tale continues at the OpenAI office now.
