Sam Altman will return to the Board of Directors of OpenAI, an exclusive group with ultimate control over ChatGPT Developer, first reporter information On Friday. The decision was made after about four months. The board mysteriously fired Altman.cause Over 700 OpenAI employees revolt And he threatens to leave the company.
An investigation into the November disaster by outside law firm WilmerHale has concluded. OpenAI blog post On Friday. The investigation found that Sam Altman was fired due to “a loss of trust between the previous board and Mr. Altman.” WilmerHale said the layoffs were not due to concerns about product safety, security, development speed or finances.
Altman is joined by three new board members. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Nicole Seligman, former CEO of Sony, and Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart. Notably, although all three new members are women, joining an all-male board, they lack the research backgrounds of OpenAI’s previous directors.
The OpenAI Board of Directors has a unique mission: to put the benefit of humanity ahead of shareholders. The group ultimately decides when. The startup has achieved very powerful AI. It is known as artificial general intelligence or AGI.
As OpenAI’s CEO returns to the board, there still remain unanswered questions about what led to his souring relationship with his previous board. Ilya Sutskever, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner resigned from the board in November after Altman was fired.
Ilya Sutskever, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of OpenAI According to a report in The Information, he is still discussing staying with the company. Little has been heard from Sutskever over the past four months, except: A letter he co-wrote to Elon Musk Earlier this week.
One speculation about Altman’s firing has to do with the CEO’s numerous side projects, most recently his $7 trillion chip manufacturing plan. OpenAI’s board of directors announced new policies on Friday to prevent potential conflicts of interest.