After being abruptly fired by the board last week and recruited by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to join a newly formed advanced artificial intelligence research team, Sam Altman has confirmed that he will return as CEO of OpenAI subject to a board shakeup.
According to a statement released by Sam Altman on "X," the decision made recently was to preserve the OpenAI team's existing mission, leading him to join Microsoft. However, with the OpenAI board now agreeing to a restructuring, he is naturally willing to return to OpenAI to continue advancing artificial intelligence technology.
I love openai, and everything I've done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. when I decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that it was the best path for me and the team. with the new board and w satya's support, i'm…
- Sam Altman (@sama) November 22, 2023
The revamped OpenAI board will feature former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers as new board members, with Bret Taylor serving as chairman. Quora founder Adom D'Angelo, already a member of the OpenAI board, will remain on the board, and the company will continue to recruit new board members.
I love openai, and everything I've done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. when I decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that it was the best path for me and the team. with the new board and w satya's support, i'm…
- Sam Altman (@sama) November 22, 2023
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.
After Sam Altman took over as CEO of OpenAI again, it can be confirmed that the cooperation between OpenAI and Microsoft will become closer in the future, which will also prevent a large-scale loss of technical talents in OpenAI. It is also expected that OpenAI will continue to cooperate with more companies.
