The article was recently edited due to new information jointly published by Sam Altman and OpenAI. Details have been provided at the bottom of the page.
A few days ago we talked aboutdeparture of Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, who was fired unexpectedly. The reasons for this departure, however, remained quite unclear, but according to the company's board of directors, Sam Altman's lack of transparency towards them would be the cause.
No other reason than this was mentioned, leading to disagreements within the company itself. Many high-ranking peopled'OpenAItried to bring him back, but without success.The president of the firm, Greg Brockman,even went so far as to leave the shipin order to support its CEO, perhaps thinking that this would push the board to change its mind. No, they don't want to know anything.
The latter confirmed their position and it seems that Sam Altman's departure is definitive. This is also confirmed by a council note which was able to be consulted by theNew York Times, «The Board of Directors firmly stands by its decision as the only path to advance and defend OpenAI's mission.», «We apologize for the abruptness of the process…».
Following this,505 of 700 employeesd'OpenAIsigned a letterthreatening to leave the companyif the ex-CEO and the ex-president were not reinstated, we do not currently know what the board of directors intends to do on this subject.
Minister Jean-Noël Barrot suggested that he come and work in France
While Xavier Niel (founder ofFree) and Eric Schmidt (former executive chairman ofGoogle) have just started aOpenAIà la française, the delegate minister responsible for Digital published on [X] following the sidelining of Sam Altman. This was to let him know that he was welcome in the country, “its team and their talents are welcome if they wish in France where we are accelerating to put artificial intelligence at the service of the common good».
He chooses Microsoft
Unfortunately for Jean-Noël Barrot, he did not receive a response from Sam Altman, who seems to have made the decision to joinMicrosoft. An unsurprising choice given thatMicrosoft already has 49%d'OpenAI. The CEO of the company also made a point of specifying that the partnership with the parent company ofChatGPTwill not be compromised following the ousting of its CEO. And that the fact that he joinsMicrosoftwill also have no impact on relations between the two firms.
Update of 11/22/2023: turnaround
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.
We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)November 22, 2023
During the night we learned that OpenAI and Sam Altman had finally managed to reconcile. The two parties found common ground and the board accepted Altman's return to his position as CEO at OpenAI. After a few days of discussions and declarations in all directions, the file finally seems closed, with a status quo. For the moment Microsoft, which was to recover Sam Altman after his ouster, has not reacted.
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