Mira Murati will be the interim CEO.

Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“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 company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    1020·
    1 year ago

    That sucks, and weirdly sudden too. I don’t like OpenAI but I do like Altman. I saw a lot of the videos he makes and he strikes me as someone that knows what he’s doing and, despite running it as a business, genuinely cares.

    It’s so alarming that he would get suddenly fired when the company is doing so well. Nobody knows what’s going on but I don’t doubt a “company board demands more profit” situation

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      383·
      1 year ago

      You mean the guy who spun this all up as a Non-Profit company, then spun up an LLC for that Non-Profit to manage, then made deals with Microsoft?

      Somehow his long term actions tell me, like most rich twatwaffles, you can’t actually trust what he is saying.

      When the board that he answers to says he hasn’t been consistently candid, you can bet your sweet ass any soundbites you as a regular schlub have read are “not consistently candid” and you’re hearing what he wants you to hear.

      But you do you on believing these chucklefucks when their actions speak loudly to the contrary.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      417·
      1 year ago

      I saw a lot of the videos he makes and he strikes me as someone that knows what he’s doing and, despite running it as a business, genuinely cares.

      This makes his firing make more sense to me. Boards don’t want a CEO who knows what he’s doing and genuinely cares. They want a CEO who will do their bidding without question, and draw all the flak for their decisions.

      • 520@kbin.social
        91·
        1 year ago

        Nah, competent boards want a CEO that will inspire investor confidence and pull in good numbers. Something Altman was doing in an above-and-beyond fashion.

        I’m sure there was something going on behind the scenes and he pissed off some important bumblefuck.