Last weekend.OpenAI's board of directors issued a seismic official announcement that Altman is stepping down as CEO and leaving the board, to be replaced by technology chief Mira Mulati, effective immediately. In the blog post, the board noted that after a deliberative review process, they felt that Altman's lack of consistent candor in his communications with the board hindered the board's ability to fulfill its responsibilities, and therefore no longer had confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.
In a post on X, Altman confirmed that he is leaving OpenAI without mentioning the board's allegations. In the post, Altman expresses his love for OpenAI and says the time has changed him and hopes it will change the world. He promised to provide more explanation on what's next later. The news has sent strong vibrations both for OpenAI and the tech industry as a whole.
At the same time that Altman was fired, three of OpenAI'sadvancedResearchers resigned on Friday evening local time, including Jakub Pachocki, the company's director of research. The move signaled dissatisfaction with Altman's dismissal and underscored long-standing disagreements over the "safe" practice of artificial intelligence. Thomas Hayes, chairman of hedge fund Great Hill Capital, said Altman was considered a "fundraising guru" who had managed to persuade the company to "get the money".Microsoftmaking billions of dollars in investments and driving acquisition deals this year that have pushed OpenAI's valuation from $29 billion to more than $80 billion. Some analysts believe that Altman's departure could cripple OpenAI's ability to raise more money in the short term, but may not be a major problem in the medium term.
However, events quickly reversed themselves.The November 18thup to dateSources indicate that OpenAI investors are working to bring back Altman as CEO. Microsoft and other investors are also working to reinstate Altman with a major board shuffle. Despite the possibility of reinstating the CEO position on Sunday, there are still warnings that the board remains an obstacle.
However, the reversal ultimately failed. On Sunday night local time, OpenAI co-founder and board director Ilya Sutskever told employees that despite the company's executives' efforts to get Ultraman to return, they were unsuccessful.OpenAI's board ultimately declared Ultraman's return a failure by hiring former Twitch CEO Emmett Hill to take over as CEO. Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman will join Microsoft to lead a newadvancedArtificial Intelligence Research Team. Altman says the mission continues.
In that event, Microsoft becamemaximumwinners, managed to lure Ultraman and Brockman to form a newadvancedArtificial Intelligence Research Team. The move could pose a challenge to OpenAI, while potentially changing the entire AI field.