He was recently fired by the board of directors and was recruited by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to join the newly established advanced artificial intelligence research team.Return to OpenAILater, Sam Altman announced through the official blog that he had officially resumed his position as CEO of OpenAI, and confirmed that the newly established board of directors would reserve a non-voting seat for Microsoft.
OpenAI's board of directors now includes former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, with Bret Taylor serving as chairman. Quora founder Adom D'Angelo, a former OpenAI board member, will remain on the board, while Microsoft, which has retained a non-voting seat, will assume a supervisory role.
With Sam Altman returning as CEO, OpenAI employees have resumed normal work. Sam Altman also emphasized in a related statement that the recent changes have not caused OpenAI to lose any customers.
As for whether Mira Murati will continue to serve as OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer, and whether OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever will continue to stay, it is not yet confirmed, but Sam Altman emphasized that he has no ill intentions towards him and hopes to find a suitable way to work together.
In addition, Emmett Shear, co-founder of Twitch, who originally took over as CEO after Sam Altman was fired, stepped down after Sam Altman confirmed his return as CEO of OpenAI.
