OpenAI announced the list of new board members earlier, and also released the results of the investigation into Sam Altman's sudden dismissal, which showed that it was related to the breakdown of trust between the original board of directors and Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
New board members announced include Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, formerly CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a member of the Pfizer board, and a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and Nicole Seligman, formerly president of Sony Entertainment and a member of the boards of Intuitive Machines, Paramount Worldwide, and Meira GTx, a biotech company. Also included is Fidji Simo, CEO and chairman of Instacart and a member of Shopify's board of directors.
AndPreviously announced OpenAI board members, namely former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor who serves as chairman, Adom D'Angelo, original OpenAI board member and Quora founder, Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary, and Sam Altman, current OpenAI CEO. After announcing the new board members, OpenAI stated that it will continue to expand the size of its board members in the future.
As for the previous investigation into Sam Altman's sudden dismissal, the report showed that Sam Altman's dismissal was not based on the original board's concerns about product safety or whether OpenAI had problems with its financial operations, but rather on a breakdown of trust between the original board and Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
The investigation was conducted by the US law firm WilmerHale in December last year and concluded through dozens of interviews with former OpenAI board members, advisors, and current senior executives, as well as numerous witness interviews, and a review of more than 12 documents.
