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The board of the company behind ChatGPT on Friday fired OpenAI<\/a> CEO Sam Altman \u2014to many, the human face of generative AI\u2014 sending shock waves across the tech industry.<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will serve as interim CEO, the company said, adding that it will conduct a formal search for a permanent CEO.<\/p>\n \u201cAltman\u2019s 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,\u201d OpenAI said in a blog<\/a> without elaborating.<\/p>\n Greg Brockman, OpenAI president and co-founder, who stepped down from the board as chairman as part of the management shuffle, quit the company, he announced on messaging platform X late on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cBased on today\u2019s news, I quit,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The departures blindsided many employees who discovered the abrupt management change from an internal message and the company\u2019s public-facing blog. It came as a surprise to Altman and Brockman as well, who learned the board\u2019s decision within minutes of the announcement, Brockman said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened,\u201d he posted on X, formerly Twitter, adding, \u201cWe will be fine. Greater things coming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n The now four-person board consists of three independent directors holding no equity in OpenAI and its Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever. The organisation did not immediately answer a request for comment on Brockman\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n Backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft<\/a>, which does not have a board seat in the non-profit governing the startup, OpenAI kicked off the generative AI craze last November<\/a> by releasing ChatGPT. The chatbot became one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing software applications.<\/p>\n Trained on reams of data, generative AI can create human-like content<\/a>, helping users spin up term papers, complete science homework and even write entire novels. After ChatGPT\u2019s launch, regulators scrambled to catch up: the European Union revised its AI Act and the U.S. kicked off AI regulation efforts.<\/p>\n Altman, who ran Y Combinator<\/a>, is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He was the face of OpenAI and the wildly popular generative AI technology as he toured the world this year.<\/p>\n Altman posted on X shortly after OpenAI published its blog: \u201cI loved my time at OpenAI. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. Most of all I loved working with such talented people. Will have more to say about what\u2019s next later.\u201d<\/p>\n Altman did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n Murati, who has worked for Tesla, joined OpenAI in 2018 and later became chief technology officer. She oversaw product launches including that of ChatGPT.<\/p>\n At an emergency all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon after the announcement, Murati sought to calm employees and said OpenAI\u2019s partnership with Microsoft is stable and its backer\u2019s executives, including CEO Satya Nadella, continue to express confidence in the startup, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n The Information previously reported details of the meeting. In a statement<\/a> published on Microsoft\u2019s website, Nadella said: \u201cWe have a long-term agreement with OpenAI\u2026 Together, we will continue to deliver the meaningful benefits of this technology to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n The shakeup is not the first at OpenAI, launched in 2015. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk once was its co-chair, and in 2020 other executives departed, going on to found competitor Anthropic, which has claimed it has a greater focus on AI safety.<\/p>\n Well-wishers and critics piled onto digital forums as news of the latest shuffle spread.<\/p>\n On X, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called Altman \u201ca hero of mine,\u201d adding, \u201cHe built a company from nothing to $90 billion in value, and changed our collective world forever. I can\u2019t wait to see what he does next. I, and billions of people, will benefit from his future work \u2014 it\u2019s going to be simply incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a shocker and Altman was a key ingredient in the recipe for success of OpenAI,\u201d said Daniel Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. \u201cThat said, we believe Microsoft and Nadella will exert more control at OpenAI going forward with Altman gone.\u201d<\/p>\n The full impact of the OpenAI surprise will unfold over time, but its fundraising prospects were an immediate concern. Altman was considered a master fundraiser who managed to negotiate billions of dollars in investment from Microsoft as well as having led the company\u2019s tender offer transactions this year that fueled OpenAI\u2019s valuation from $29bn to over $80bn.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the short term it will impair OpenAI\u2019s ability to raise more capital. In the intermediate term it will be a non-issue,\u201d said Thomas Hayes, chairman at hedge fund Great Hill Capital.<\/p>\n Other analysts said Altman\u2019s departure, while disruptive, would not derail generative AI\u2019s popularity or OpenAI or Microsoft\u2019s competitive advantage.<\/p>\n \u201cThe innovation created by OpenAI is bigger than any one or two people, and there is no reason to think this would cause OpenAI to cede its leadership position,\u201d said D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria.<\/p>\n \u201cIf nothing else, Microsoft\u2019s stake and significant interest in OpenAI\u2019s progress ensure the appropriate leadership changes are being implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n As late as Thursday evening, Altman showed no signs of concern at two public events. He joined colleagues in a panel on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, describing his commitment and vision for AI.<\/p>\n Later he spoke at a Burning Man-related event in Oakland, California, engaging in an hour-long conversation on the topic of art and AI. Altman seemed relaxed and gave no indication anything was wrong, but left right after his talk was over at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n The event organiser said at the event that Altman had another meeting to attend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The board of the company behind ChatGPT on Friday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman \u2014to many, the human face of generative AI\u2014 sending shock waves across the tech industry. OpenAI\u2019s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will serve as interim CEO, the company said, adding that it will conduct a formal search for a permanent CEO. 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\n\u201cMicrosoft remains committed to Mira and their team as we bring this next era of AI to our customers,\u201d a spokesperson for the software maker told Reuters on Friday.<\/p>\nEarthquake<\/h2>\n