OpenAI CEO And ChatGPT Overlord Sam Altman Is Ousted; Company’s Board Says He Was “Not Consistently Candid In His Communications”
deadline.comSam Altman, the face of the tech industry’s current embrace of artificial intelligence, has been ousted by OpenAI‘s board of directors.
The tech firm said Friday that Altman had been let go after a board-initiated review found that he had been “not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.” A blog post added that the board “no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI..” He was replaced on an interim basis by Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati.
Released about a year ago, the most recent version of OpenAI program ChatGPT took the concept of generative AI out of the laboratory and into the living room.
Students working on term papers, professional workers developing presentations and millions of others suddenly had access to a new trove of resources, though it came with significant strings attached.
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