Sam Altman Steps Down as OpenAI CEO

[Lord Quas]

OpenAI announces leadership transition

Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company.

Search process underway to identify permanent successor.


The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc., the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities, today announced that Sam Altman will depart as CEO and leave the board of directors. Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately.

A member of OpenAI’s leadership team for five years, Mira has played a critical role in OpenAI’s evolution into a global AI leader. She brings a unique skill set, understanding of the company’s values, operations, and business, and already leads the company’s research, product, and safety functions. Given her long tenure and close engagement with all aspects of the company, including her experience in AI governance and policy, the board believes she is uniquely qualified for the role and anticipates a seamless transition while it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO.

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.

In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam’s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward. As the leader of the company’s research, product, and safety functions, Mira is exceptionally qualified to step into the role of interim CEO. We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.”

OpenAI’s board of directors consists of OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, independent directors Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, technology entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology’s Helen Toner.

As a part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.

OpenAI was founded as a non-profit in 2015 with the core mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. In 2019, OpenAI restructured to ensure that the company could raise capital in pursuit of this mission, while preserving the nonprofit's mission, governance, and oversight. The majority of the board is independent, and the independent directors do not hold equity in OpenAI. While the company has experienced dramatic growth, it remains the fundamental governance responsibility of the board to advance OpenAI’s mission and preserve the principles of its Charter.

 

[The Connoisseurs]

What does this mean ?

 

[RamsayBolton]

 

[Blessings]

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.
I heard he didn't have equity....idealism vs capitalism

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Don't be left holding the bag

 

[B86]

Because AI has gone too far already and we are literally about to experience a ‘Skynet’ situation in the next 10 years? Or????

 

[Sauce Mane]

Chat GPT said I don’t need no CEO, I’m the CEO now

 

[Macallik86]

"Steps down" is putting it nicely. The board booted him

 

[aXiom]

So... a bunch of corporate speak

 

[Windows 91]

Stealing the company from him

 

[Maximus Rex]

So... a bunch of corporate speak

basically he was lying to the board constantly, real story will come out in the next few days

 

[Lord Quas]

There’s only speculation as to why he left, some theories I’m reading are:
1. There’s rumors floating on Twitter that he raped his sister when she was 4 years old.

2. ChatGPT is actually sentient and Sam Altman lied about it to everyone because of some main character syndrome.

3. ChatGPT is losing way more money than they anticipated and Sam Altman lied about it. They stopped allowing new subscriptions for ChatGPT Plus earlier this week, and have been lowering the amount of messages you can send to it every hour.

 

[Nymbus]

the last thing they want is a power struggle with entrenched management

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

There’s only speculation as to why he left, some theories I’m reading are:
1. There’s rumors floating on Twitter that he raped his sister when she was 4 years old.

2. ChatGPT is actually sentient and Sam Altman lied about it to everyone because of some main character syndrome.

3. ChatGPT is losing way more money than they anticipated and Sam Altman lied about it. They stopped allowing new subscriptions for ChatGPT Plus earlier this week, and have been lowering the amount of messages you can send to it every hour.

nikka what

 

[OneManGang]

There’s only speculation as to why he left, some theories I’m reading are:
1. There’s rumors floating on Twitter that he raped his sister when she was 4 years old.

2. ChatGPT is actually sentient and Sam Altman lied about it to everyone because of some main character syndrome.

3. ChatGPT is losing way more money than they anticipated and Sam Altman lied about it. They stopped allowing new subscriptions for ChatGPT Plus earlier this week, and have been lowering the amount of messages you can send to it every hour.

Sneaking 2 in the middle of two other completely reasonable takes is nasty work

Edit: For the record 1 is crazy too but I don’t know enough about the guy so it’s still on the table