Sam Altman Reinstated as OpenAI’s CEO, Microsoft Joins the Board

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:48am on 30 Nov 2023,Thursday Tech Today

After a tumultuous week where he was briefly fired, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has officially returned as the AI startup's CEO. Additionally, president Greg Brockman and CTO Mira Murati are back in their original roles after Altman's interim ouster. In a blog post, an excited Altman expressed gratitude towards everyone for resilience in the unprecedented situation. He also thanked co-founder Ilya Sutskever who first hired him as CEO but later dissented, saying he harbours "zero ill will" and called Sutskever a "gem". Altman added that while Sutskever won't be on the new board, talks are on about his continued role at OpenAI, signalling calm after the internal storm.

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