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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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[–] modeler@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Almost certainly the opposite - it's the board that is non-profit and Sam has been the one bringing billions of dollars of commercially-tied investment