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After facing intense outrage over ousting Altman, OpenAI’s board initially agreed in principle to step down, but have so far refused to officially do so.
Altman, who was fired Friday, is open to returning but wants to see governance changes, including the removal of existing board members, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private.
Efforts by a group of OpenAI executives and investors to reinstate Sam Altman to his role as chief executive officer reached an impasse over the makeup and role of the board
A deadline has been set for the board to accede to the demands of the fired CEO, who wants to see the removal of existing board members.
The campaign to reinstate Altman got underway soon after his firing on November 17, when the board members led by OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever dismissed Altman and stripped him of his director role, saying “he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board