OpenAI May Be ClosedAI Shortly
It’s been a crazy weekend for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft. TechCrunch has a solid recap of the timeline and events, but it can be summarized like this. 📝
OpenAI’s board fires CEO Sam Altman unexpectedly.
Other OpenAI executives and employees begin to quit.
Investors and other stakeholders push back.
OpenAI board starts talks with Altman to return.
The two sides are unable to reach an agreement.
Altman & others join Microsoft to lead a new AI research team.
The vast majority of OpenAI’s 770 employees threaten to resign.