Sam Altman returned yesterday to his role as ChatGPT director, a position he took up on Friday, after announcing over the weekend that he was moving to Microsoft. Open AI said in a statement that the company’s Governance Committee will also be replaced. The Administrative Commission had decided to question Altman’s employment.
“I am delighted to return to Open AI with the support of the new Board of Directors and Satya, and I look forward to building on our collaboration with Microsoft,” Altman said in a statement, noting that Microsoft Chief Satya Nadella supports his return. . Microsoft is a shareholder in Open AI.
After Altman was dismissed by the Board of Directors on Friday and decided to go to Microsoft on Sunday, 700 of OPEN AI’s 770 employees said they would follow Altman. This meant the closure of Open AI.
The architect of Altman’s departure, which has been likened to Byzantine intrigue, is Open AI chief technology officer Ilya Sutskever. Sutskever had appealed to the Board of Directors on the grounds that Altman had released the ChatGPT artificial intelligence software they had developed too quickly and for too commercial purposes, and convinced the Board of Directors. However, when this decision was strongly criticized, Sutskever sided with Altman and apologized for his role in Altman’s departure.
OpenAI was founded in 2015 to develop AI for everyone on a non-profit basis. However, when it became clear that the billions of dollars of capital needed could not be raised through donations, a new for-profit company was founded with Altman at the helm. This company found new investors, including Microsoft, and grew rapidly by leveraging Microsoft’s computing power
Fired, found a new job, came back! The digital world is talking about Sam Altman
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