Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI

Sam Altman returning to OpenAI after a day is like Steve Jobs returning to Apple after 12 years, but for the TikTok generation

Now, Sam is one of those unstoppable forces so he may very well soon enlist other backers and leave but… for now it looks like OpenAI split into two, and Microsoft has managed to seize both halves.

📇 50+ AI founders you should know on X: (I know I missed a lot. Comment below if I did. I want to know you 🤝) - Sam Altman > @sama > Open AI ($11.3B) - Mustafa Suleyman > @mustafasuleyman > Infection ($1.5B) - Daniela Amodei > @DanielaAmodei > Anthropic ($1.6B)

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