ChatGPT developer OpenAI has remote founder Sam Altman from his CEO role, according to a Nov. 17 blog post. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will be promoted to interim CEO. According to the publication, the board of directors engaged in a "deliberative review process," which resulted in the conclusion that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, which hindered his ability to exercise his responsibilities." ".
Altman could not immediately be reached for comment.
OpenAI announces leadership transition https://t.co/fFYDLwGXQz
โOpenAI (@OpenAI) November 17, 2023
OpenAI's board of directors said it remains committed to building artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the future:
โOpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The board remains fully committed to fulfilling this mission. [โฆ] Mira is uniquely qualified to assume the role of interim CEO. โWe have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.โ
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The board also stated that it is "grateful for Sam's many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI," but stated that "new leadership is necessary as we move forward." Board President Greg Brockman will also step down from his position. However, he will remain an employee, โreporting to the CEO,โ according to the post.
The board of directors consists of Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner and OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. According to the publication, the majority of board members are "independent directors" who do not own shares in OpenAI.
The named interim CEO, Mira Murati, is an engineer with Albanian roots and a Dartmouth education, recognized for her contributions to key OpenAI products as CTO, and will assume the interim role of CEO of OpenAI. Ms. Murati has experience in aerospace, automotive, virtual reality and augmented reality, and held a senior product manager position at Tesla, where she contributed to the Model X. She also worked with Leap Motion, integrating AI into applications around the world. real. She joined OpenAI in 2018.
Altman is also the founder of Tools for Humanity and the developer of the Worldcoin crypto project. Cointelegraph reached out to Tools for Humanity for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
This is a developing story and more information will be added as it becomes available.
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