OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ousted four months ago from the company he co-founded, is now fully back in control. His return to its board of directors as part of a reshaped oversight team was announced on Friday.
Altman was fired in November as CEO and director by the OpenAI board, a shocking development for a man widely perceived as the leader of AI in Silicon Valley.
He then briefly went to work for Microsoft, which had a $13 billion partnership with OpenAI. Then, weeks after his axing, Altman was rehired as CEO by OpenAI.
The company fired the directors responsible for Altman’s dismissal and added economist Larry Summers and Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor as chair.
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