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

  • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    1 year ago

    It’s a non-profit.

    OpenAI is a non-profit with a board which owns the LLC which is what was invested into and makes money.

    This was not the LLC board, but the non-profit board in charge of the whole thing.