Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI and member of the Directors Board was recently fired due to a lack of confidence by Board members. Mira Murati, Chief technology officer, appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI.
“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 board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI ” mentioned in the OpenAI blog.
Till now, Sam has played a vital role in improving the company and the last thing he did was discuss with AI executives about improving the Company’s structure. He also discussed with core OpenAI researchers and colleagues the initiative to start a new AI company.
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According to several reports, AI investors are forcing boards of OpenAI to bring back Sam Altman to stabilize their trust. Investors include Microsoft and many other big names. Some reports also read that OpenAI was “optimistic” in their decision to fire the CEO. So, there might be a chance of the return of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI.
“We are still working towards a resolution and we remain optimistic, By resolution, we mean bringing back Sam, Greg, Jakub, Szymon, Aleksander, and other colleagues (sorry if I missed you!) and remaining in the place where people who want to work on AGI [artificial general intelligence] research, safety, products and policy can do their best work,” said company’s Chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon.
Some other staff members have also talked about the return of Sam as it was just due to a lack of communication between Sam and Board members and not due to any misconduct. So, Sam is possibly returning as CEO but with some additional demands, he has from the company about improving the structure and amending some rules.
