Board of Directors

Recently, artificial intelligence company Stability AI announced that famed director James Cameron would be joining its board of directors. This news has undoubtedly caused a huge stir in the movie and television industry. As we all know, Cameron has directed classic movies such as Avatar, Terminator, Titanic, etc., and his joining the board is considered to be a major win for Stability AI. Stability AI is an artificial intelligence company focused on image and video generation, best known for Stable Diffusion a text-to-image generation...

OpenAI faces the situation of Microsoft withdrawing from its board observer seat and Apple no longer holding a similar position. Microsoft previously invested in OpenAI and enjoyed the right to observe on the board, but as regulators intensified their scrutiny of technology companies' investment practices, Microsoft decided to withdraw from the observer position. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney At the same time, Apple was expected to serve as an observer on the OpenAI board, but ultimately failed to do so. OpenAI said it would continue to work with partners such as Microsoft and Apple…

In the early morning of June 14, OpenAI announced on its official website that Paul M. Nakasone, a retired four-star general of the U.S. Army, former commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, former director of the National Security Agency, and former director of the Central Security Agency, has joined the board of directors and security committee. Nakasone will bring his decades of military combat cybersecurity experience to OpenAI, providing security advice for ChatGPT, GPT-4o, and the latest models under development, ensuring user data privacy and cybersecurity, and ensuring that OpenAI moves towards AGI in the right way. Last month, Open…

Amazon announced today that Andrew Ng has joined the Amazon board of directors, effective April 9. Amazon said that artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, is one of the most transformative innovations of this era. Dr. Andrew Ng is a global leader in artificial intelligence and education. He has worked in academia and the private sector to develop machine learning and deep learning algorithms and support companies in the development and adoption of artificial intelligence applications. Dr. Ng has written or co-authored more than 200 research papers on machine learning, robotics, and other related fields, bringing innovations to a range of emerging technologies…

Stability AI is a highly anticipated AI company. However, the news of CEO Emad Mostaque's resignation recently triggered a huge change within the company. After Mostaque's resignation, the company's COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Christian Laforte temporarily served as co-CEOs. Mostaque announced on the social media platform X that after his resignation, he would focus on decentralized artificial intelligence (Decentrali…

OpenAI's board of directors recently announced important changes, marking the return of Sam Altman and the addition of three outstanding female members. This decision not only brings the size of the board to eight members, but also injects new vitality into the company's future development. The return of Sam Altman, who has made outstanding contributions to OpenAI, will bring more strategic leadership to the company. At the same time, the three new female members have also injected more diversity and professional experience into the board. Among the new members, Sue Des…

OpenAI recently made a major announcement, announcing that the company’s board of directors now has the power to veto Altman’s decisions, especially regarding the safety risks of cutting-edge models such as GPT-5. This is a follow-up to the infighting last month, when President Greg Brockman and former Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever resigned from the board, and the company’s management and board were completely separated, allowing the company’s management to make decisions while the board has the power to overturn decisions. Under the new security framework, the company has established a dedicated security advisory team that reports monthly to management and the board to ensure that decision makers are fully aware of existing models…

Professor Yoshua Bengio, one of the modern founders of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and winner of the 2018 Turing Award, said that companies that are developing powerful AI systems should hire independent members on their boards to represent "the interests of society." In an interview with The Guardian, Bengio said that as technology develops rapidly, AI companies need oversight by members of the public to achieve "democratic governance," ensure that technological advances do not pose a threat to the public, and prevent abuse to expand power. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney ...

In the recent changes at OpenAI, the board of directors has undergone a huge transformation, resulting in an all-white, all-male board. In this series of changes, the OpenAI board, which originally had two female directors, has become an all-male board in less than a month. Former board member Helen Tomer was removed for co-authoring a paper with CEO Sam Altman that was considered critical of the company, while Tasha McCauley was removed for her role in Altman's removal. This change has attracted attention because Ope…

On the afternoon of November 22, OpenAI announced on social media that it had reached an agreement in principle to have Sam Altman return to OpenAI as CEO and restructure the board of directors. More details will be announced later. The initial board of directors includes former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor (as chairman), former 71st U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Henry Summers, and original board member Adam D'angelo will continue to serve. Sam immediately responded to the news...

The event of OpenAI's board of directors expelling ChatGPT founder Sam Altman, which began last week, has not come to an end. In other words, there is still hope. So far, 743 employees of OpenAI have signed a joint letter, clearly stating that the board's actions since firing Sam Altman have endangered the company and are considered no longer able to fulfill their responsibilities. There are 770 employees in OpenAI, which means that more than 96% employees have stated that if Sam Altman does not return, they will resign and follow Altman. …