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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for explaining! I knew about this arrangement but didn't know the two boards work this way.

So, non-profit board members are being simply hired as employees and they don't have to have any connection with the company as long as they meet the bylaw criteria.

Altman himself praised this non profit overseer structure before. I wonder what does he think of it now 🫣

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

A point of clarification, board members aren't usually considered employees by virtue of their presence on the board. They are apart from the organization. They often have a dual role as some kind of executive in the company, though.