Mira Murati will be the interim CEO.

Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

  • IvanOverdrive@lemm.eeEnglish
    3711·
    1 year ago

    My guess — and this is pure conjecture — MS canned him because Bing didn’t eat Google’s lunch.

    • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      But they said it was because he wasn’t being totally honest with the board for OpenAI tho

      Corps would never lie to save face or hide truths!!