Sam Altman Dismessed as the CEO of OpenAI
Date : 18th November, 2023
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI was sacked by the board of the firm that created ChatGPT on Friday, shocking the tech community.
The firm announced that it will hold a formal search for a permanent CEO and that Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, will take over as temporary CEO.
“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 blog post read.
Greg Brockman, Announced his Resignation Using the Platform X
The company’s president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, announced his resignation on messaging platform X late on Friday. Brockman was part of the management shake-up that included his resignation as chairman of the board. He wrote, “I resigned based on today’s news.”
Many employees were caught off guard by the departures, as they learned of the sudden change in management only through an internal communication and the company’s publicly accessible blog. Both Altman and Brockman were taken aback by the board’s decision, as Brockman revealed, as they discovered it minutes after it was made public.