ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman
The Hindu
Open AI board ousts CEO Sam Altman after review finds he was "not consistently candid" in communications; CTO Mira Murati appointed interim CEO; Altman had become face of Open AI after ChatGPT explosion; Altman had predicted AI will be "greatest leap forward" of tech revolutions.
The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday, November 17, 2023, it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board.
“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the company said in a statement on November 17, 2023.
It has appointed Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, to an interim CEO role effective immediately as it begins a search for a permanent replacement.
A company spokesperson didn't immediately respond to request for comment on what the alleged lack of candor was about. The statement said Mr. Altman's behavior was hindering the board's ability to exercise its responsibilities.
Mr. Altman helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research laboratory in 2015.
But in the past year, he was thrust into the global spotlight as the face of OpenAI after ChatGPT exploded into public consciousness. On a world tour earlier this year, he was mobbed by a crowd of adoring fans at an event in London.
Just Thursday, he took part in a CEO summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco, where OpenAI is based.
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