OpenAI a Giant in Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday said it has reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his shocking ouster, capping a marathon discussion about the future of the startup at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
In addition to Altman’s return, the company agreed in principle to partly reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed him. Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Quora CEO and current director Adam D’Angelo, OpenAI said.
OpenAI on Monday had named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as its interim CEO, while outgoing chief Altman had said he would move to Microsoft.
Altman had been sacked by OpenAI on Friday, the news coming as a surprise to both Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman, who quit the company following Altman’s ousting.
However, Brockman announced on Wednesday in a post on X that he would also be returning to the company following Altman’s reinstatement.
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