- Sam Altman has been reinstated as the CEO of OpenAI
- OpenAI appointed a new initial board led by Bret Taylor, former co-CEO of Salesforce.
- Greg Brockman also announced his return to OpenAI to resume coding.
Sam Altman has been reinstated as the CEO of OpenAI, the leading company in the fledgling artificial intelligence industry. Altman’s reinstatement follows days of a rollercoaster of events within the AI company, which led to several of its staff threatening to leave, potentially for Microsoft.
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) November 22, 2023
OpenAI announced Altman’s reinstatement on X and noted the appointment of a new initial board led by Bret Taylor, former co-CEO of Salesforce, as the chairman.
The announcement read:
“We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.”
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