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☆ Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Clare Duffy | David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In its announcement of Altman’s firing, OpenAI claimed that Altman had been insufficiently “candid” with the board. But then hundreds of OpenAI employees, nearly the company’s entire staff, threatened to leave, potentially for Microsoft, if the company’s board didn’t resign and reinstate Altman as CEO. It’s unclear how Shear will be affected by Altman’s return. “We are encouraged by the changes to the OpenAI board,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on X. Publicly, Altman has long cautioned about risks posed by AI, and he has pledged to lawmakers and customers that he would move OpenAI forward responsibly.

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☆ Larry Summers and Bret Taylor are joining OpenAI's board as Sam Altman returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sam Altman is set to return to OpenAI, with a new board in place, the company announced Wednesday. Former board members Ilya Sutskever, Helen Toner, and Tasha McCauley are out. AdvertisementSam Altman is set to return to OpenAI with a new board that includes Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo, the company announced in an X post Wednesday. We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo. — OpenAI (@OpenAI) November 22, 2023The shakeup sees the departure of former board members Ilya Sutskever, Helen Toner, and Tasha McCauley.

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☆ OpenAI had a confusing week. Who came out on top? And who lost out?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But in other ways, the agreement is still a watershed moment for OpenAI and the artificial intelligence field writ large. Who came out on topSam Altman: A clear winner in the whole debacle is, of course, Altman himself. With some of the apparent architects of Altman’s ouster being pushed out themselves, a casualty of the affair may be the perspectives that those board members espoused. Emmett Shear, whom the board named OpenAI’s interim CEO for all of two days, has also expressed similar worries. In the fallout of the leadership crisis, some have argued that the outcome is also a defeat for effective altruism, the movement with which some OpenAI board members are said to be affiliated.

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☆ OpenAI employees reportedly celebrated Sam Altman's return with a smoke machine-filled party that triggered the fire alarm and 2 fire trucks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI staff reportedly celebrated Sam Altman's return with a party on Tuesday night. Dozens of OpenAI employees also took to social media to celebrate Altman's return. AdvertisementOpenAI employees celebrated Sam Altman's return on Tuesday night — and apparently some fire trucks even got involved. Altman's return comes after a five-day saga in which OpenAI ousted Altman with little public explanation and went through two more CEOs. "It's not just that we're so back," one X user @yonashav, who claims to work for OpenAI wrote.

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Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, the startup said early Wednesday morning on X, formerly known as Twitter. The move follows immense pressure from employees and investors on the board that ousted him less than a week ago. Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join OpenAI's board, the Microsoft-backed startup said, with Taylor holding the chair position. Adam D'Angelo, co-founder and CEO of question-and-answer startup Quora, will remain on the board. That followed an announcement late Sunday that OpenAI had hired ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as Altman's interim replacement.

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☆ Sam Altman was at the F1 race in Las Vegas when he got fired from OpenAI: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman found out he was getting fired from OpenAI while he was in Las Vegas, per WSJ. He was at the Las Vegas Grand Prix when he got the news. Altman took the fateful Google Meet call with the board in his hotel room in Las Vegas, per The Journal. Altman's firing as CEO was abruptly announced by OpenAI last Friday, midway through the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix that took place from November 16 to 18. In its statement on Altman's departure, OpenAI's board said he "was not consistently candid in his communications" with them.

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☆ Wait, was Sam Altman fired over ... vibes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman has returned to OpenAI as CEO, but the details of exactly why the board pushed him out in the first place are still a mystery. They said that Altman wasn't candid, and often got his way. From that description, it sounds like the board really couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong, other than some sort of ~bad vibes~. (And the board couldn't even name them!) But ultimately, they did have a point: In the end, Altman got his way.

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☆ OpenAI’s wild week explained: How the Sam Altman story unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Diksha Madhok | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

ET, OpenAI publicly announced that it had fired Altman over concerns that he was not always truthful with the board. Sam Altman, left, appears onstage with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at OpenAI's first developer conference, on Nov. 6, 2023, in San Francisco. OpenAI’s board was also reportedly having second thoughts and considering asking the ousted CEO to return. Ultimately, Microsoft and Altman appear to be the big winners from the dust-up: Altman will continue leading the firm he helped to found. “We are encouraged by the changes to the OpenAI board,” Nadella said on X.

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☆ Emmett Shear, who ran OpenAI for 72 hours before Sam Altman's return was confirmed, says he's 'deeply pleased' about the news
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Emmett Shear was CEO of OpenAI for 72 hours before Sam Altman's return was announced. Bloomberg reported that Shear had participated in talks between the OpenAI board and Altman. On Wednesday, Shear said he was "deeply pleased" with Altman's return. The company announced Altman's return in a Wednesday post on X, less than a week after its board ousted him. Shear indicated that those discussions led to Altman's return.

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REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - OpenAI's board of directors approached rival Anthropic's CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter. The news, reported earlier by The Information on Monday, follows various reported calls to find Altman's successor days after OpenAI's board ousted him. OpenAI declined to comment and board member Adam D'Angelo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sunday the board offered ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to be its interim chief, who accepted. By Monday, nearly all of the startup's more than 700 employees threatened to quit, including one of its executives on OpenAI's now four-person board.

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☆ Morning Bid: Risk rally rages on
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 20, 2023. The dollar index , which measures the U.S. currency against six of its peers, fell to its lowest since Aug. 31. A Reuters poll showed analysts expect the index to continue its more-than-28% rally this year into 2024 to reach a three-decade high of 35,000 by end-June. With the economic calendar bare in Europe, the rally may fizzle out although futures indicate European stock markets are set for a slightly higher open. The spotlight will shine bright on earnings from artificial intelligence chip leader Nvidia (NVDA.O), with expectation of another blockbuster revenue forecast.

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☆ New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear Lands at Center of High-Stakes AI Boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Emmett Shear ’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late Sunday puts him at the center of high-stakes drama within the company and in the world of artificial intelligence. Shear, the co-founder of the popular videogame-livestreaming service Twitch, became OpenAI’s interim chief executive after the surprising and dramatic ouster of its former boss Sam Altman over the weekend.

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☆ OpenAI is in a deadlock. The coming hours will determine its fate.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Most OpenAI employees have signed a letter saying they will leave if Altman is not reinstated. Extremely late Sunday, Microsoft CEO Nadella announced that Altman and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman would join Microsoft to lead a new AI research team. Let's say Microsoft ends up hiring the OpenAI employees threatening to walk, to the tune of almost 800 staff. Nadella has made clear he thinks OpenAI's board needs to change, and he's the man writing $13 billion checks. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has already offered to hire OpenAI employees who leave and match their compensation.

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☆ Sam Altman sought billions to fund a chip company that could rival Nvidia before he was fired, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ex-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was reportedly seeking billions in funds for a new firm when he was fired. Altman was fundraising to build a rival to AI chip maker Nvidia, per Bloomberg. AdvertisementFormer OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had reportedly sought billions in funding for a new chip company before being ousted. Bloomberg reported that Altman was fundraising in the Middle East for the new venture, which aimed to rival AI chip maker Nvidia. The project was reportedly intended to compete with AI chip giant Nvidia, which controls about 80% of the global AI chip market.

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☆ OpenAI staff are putting their visas at risk to get Sam Altman back as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

700 OpenAI employees have signed a letter threatening to quit if Sam Altman isn't reinstated as CEO. Some of them say they are on work-dependent visas, which they could lose if they are forced to quit. It's a sign of how much loyalty Altman has inspired among staff. AdvertisementOpenAI's employees are calling on the company's board to bring back Sam Altman — and some are even willing to put their visas at risk to get him back as CEO. A number of senior OpenAI employees are already expected to follow Altman and ex-OpenAI president Greg Brockman to Microsoft.

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☆ Microsoft exec says OpenAI employees can join with same compensation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on Tuesday offered to match compensation for the hundreds of employees at OpenAI who are threatening to resign following Sam Altman's sudden ouster as CEO. "Know that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission." But, the comment gives some clarity to what Microsoft is willing to pay employees and how many it would hire. Early Monday morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Altman, Greg Brockman, who resigned as OpenAI's president, and their colleagues would join Microsoft as part of a new AI research group. More than 600 OpenAI employees then signed a letter to the company's board and threatened to join their former boss at Microsoft unless the members resigned.

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☆ OpenAI's interim CEO once described meeting Sam Altman and immediately recognizing his business superpower
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

OpenAI's interim CEO Emmett Shear praised Sam Altman's dealmaking skills in a podcast interview. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementSam Altman, the ex-CEO of OpenAI who got ousted from the company, is more than just the face of ChatGPT. He's also known for his business superpower as a savvy dealmaker, at least according to Emmett Shear, now interim CEO of OpenAI. "Sam Altman is really good at raising money," Shear said on the podcast.

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☆ Both the CEO of OpenAI and the biggest investor of OpenAI still don't seem to know why Sam Altman was fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Even so, both still seem to not know why Sam Altman was really fired. He told OpenAI employees the same thing on Sunday evening, The Verge reported. The workers who did show up were told Altman was booted because he'd been accused of giving two staffers the same project. However the OpenAI drama ends, Altman has promised he'll continue to work with the company "some way or other." Press teams for Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Satya Nadella says OpenAI should've 'consulted' Microsoft before firing Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Satya Nadella says OpenAI should've 'consulted' Microsoft before firing former CEO Sam Altman. AdvertisementSatya Nadella says OpenAI should "at the very least" have consulted Microsoft before ousting Sam Altman given its investment in the company. The Microsoft CEO told the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast: "It's not even the money and the capital. On Monday, Nadella announced that he'd hired Altman and former OpenAI president Greg Brockman to head Microsoft's new advanced AI research team. Representatives for Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ OpenAI's new CEO once compared working for Microsoft to selling his soul. It'll now be his biggest investor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementIf Sam Altman needs advice on what working at Microsoft is like , he can ask Emmett Shear, the man who replaced him. OpenAI's new boss previously said working at Microsoft, which has invested upward of $10 billion in the AI startup, was like selling his soul. The Twitch cofounder was appointed interim OpenAI CEO on Sunday night , after negotiations to bring back Sam Altman fell through. AdvertisementIn the same post, he said that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman would be joining Microsoft to head up a new AI team. OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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☆ Emmett Shear's old tweet about interning at Microsoft has come back to haunt him
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Emmett Shear tweeted in July that he once interned at Microsoft, and likened it to selling his soul. The OpenAI CEO is a prolific tweeter who posts about anything from sexual fantasies to Nazis vs AI. AdvertisementAs he announced he was taking the CEO role on Sunday, Shear tweeted a tamer nod to Microsoft. Just days before he accepted the OpenAI CEO role, he opined that the CEO job is likely one that can be replaced by computers. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Chaos at OpenAI ensues
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the continued fallout from the shocking Sam Altman ouster at OpenAI. Altman is alive and well, but his run as CEO of OpenAI ended abruptly on Friday. But in the days since his firing, he's escaped a messy weekend looking like the ultimate hero, Business Insider's Katie Notopoulos writes. To be fair, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear don't seem to know why either. Meanwhile, Salesforce's Marc Benioff is already actively recruiting OpenAI employees on X.

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☆ The fate of OpenAI hangs in the balance
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

That has only reinforced the impression that OpenAI’s boardroom drama could take an unexpected turn at any moment. First came the board’s sudden promotion of OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, as Altman’s replacement on Friday — made in the same breath as Altman’s firing. Whether Altman is working for Microsoft or OpenAI won’t change the ultimate result, Nadella argued to Swisher, which is that Microsoft benefits from his work. Much is still unclear about the board’s exact reasons for firing Altman. OpenAI’s newest interim CEO, Emmett Shear, has denied that the firing was due to any “specific” disagreement on AI safety.

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☆ Satya Nadella says Microsoft 'will definitely have a place for all AI talent' in the wake of OpenAI drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Satya Nadella says Microsoft welcomes AI talent who want to leave OpenAI. "We will definitely have a place for all AI talent to come here," he said on Kara Swisher's podcast. AdvertisementMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is open to taking in AI talent who want to leave OpenAI following the ouster of its former CEO Sam Altman. Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, was named the new interim CEO of OpenAI on the same day. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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