Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO with a new board, the tech startup said early Wednesday morning. The news comes less than a week after Altman was suddenly ousted last Friday.
By Sunday evening, he had moved to Microsoft to help lead a new group researching artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, more than 500 OpenAI employees sent a letter to the board saying they would resign and join the new Microsoft group if Altman and President, Chairman and co-founder Greg Brockman were not reinstated and a new board formed.
The new board of ChatGPT owner OpenAI will now include former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Quora co-founder and CEO Adam D’Angelo.
In a post on X, OpenAI wrote late Tuesday night Pacific time, “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board… We are collaborating to figure out the details.
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