Updated:Sam Altman has confirmed that he will not return to OpenAI as CEO, and OpenAI will be replaced by Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear.
The Information website reportedIt is said that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who was recently abruptly fired by the board of directors, and former president Greg Brockman, who decided to resign on his own, had met with several senior executives at OpenAI's headquarters in San Francisco earlier and discussed whether to return as CEO.
Sam Altman posted a photo on his personal "X" page, indicating that it was the first and last time he wore an OpenAI visitor pass, confirming that he had visited OpenAI headquarters for discussions, but did not disclose whether he would accept to serve as CEO again.
在此之前，Sam Altman曾提出若自己回歸擔任執行長，OpenAI董事會必須配合重組，更將回覆同意期限設定在美國西岸時間11月19日下午5點 (台灣時間11月20日上午9點)。
first and last time I ever wear one of these pic.twitter.com/u3iKwyWj0a
- Sam Altman (@sama) November 19, 2023
Sam Altman is on the OpenAI board of directorsThe reason is "there were inconsistencies and non-disclosures during the communication process", and suddenly fired him. Although Greg Brockman was removed from the board of directors, he still retained the position of president. However, because the board of directors did not suddenly fire Sam Altman for reasonable reasons, Greg Brockman eventually chose to leave on his own.
After Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors, the internal staff of OpenAI almost tended to support Sam Altman. Although Microsoft, which had previously funded OpenAI, stated that it would continue to cooperate, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that he would support Sam Altman. This obviously made the board of OpenAI worried that if Sam Altman and Greg Brockman started a new company, they might not only poach OpenAI's technical talents, but also affect the possibility of subsequent funding from investors including Microsoft. Therefore, they discussed earlier whether to let Sam AltmanReturnServed as CEO.
As for Bloomberg NewsRefers toBefore being fired, Sam Altman had already started seeking financing for the customized artificial intelligence chip "Tigris" to reduce dependence on GPU supply from NVIDIA and other GPU manufacturers. He had contacted potential Middle Eastern investors such as the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and Mubadala Investment Company, and even negotiated with Softbank founder Masayoshi Son. He expected to raise tens of billions of dollars to launch related plans.
