These Are The People That Fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

"According to people familiar with the board's thinking, members had grown so untrusting of Altman that they felt it necessary to double-check nearly everything he told them," the WSJ report said. The sources said it wasn't a single incident that led to the firing, "but a consistent, slow erosion of trust over time that made them increasingly uneas... See more

“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”

Internally at OpenAI, insiders say that disagreements had emerged over the speed at which Altman was pushing for commercialization and company growth, with Sutskever arguing to slow things down. Sources told reporter Kara Swisher that OpenAI's Dev Day event hosted November 6, with Sam front and center in a keynote pushing consumer-like products was... See more

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.

As a board member at OpenAI, the organization that developed DALL-E, I engaged with DALL-E during its beta-testing phase. As much as I've enjoyed experimenting with the technology myself, what's really struck me so far is how many artists, architects, fashion designers, and other visual creatives are eagerly embracing DALL-E and incorporating it in... See more