OpenAI's Altman ouster was result of drawn-out tensions
One thing board members in favour of Altman’s ousting did not count on, one person said, was how quickly so many OpenAI workers would rally to Altman’s side.
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One thing board members in favour of Altman’s ousting did not count on, one person said, was how quickly so many OpenAI workers would rally to Altman’s side.
At one point, during the discussions about Altman’s possible return as CEO, he offered to publicly apologize for misrepresenting some board members’ views in conversations when he was lobbying for a director’s removal, the people said.
While the company said little publicly, Sam Altman and his board of directors jockeyed over how to frame the power struggle.
The board has declined to elaborate on its reasoning, citing an ongoing independent investigation, but more details are surfacing around the decision-making.
Fresh details emerge in Altman’s surprise ouster from the company