Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

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Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

TL;DR

  • Sam Altman is returning as CEO of OpenAI.
  • Former president Greg Brockman will also return to the company.
  • A new interim board will be composed of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.
  • The new board's primary job is to appoint an expanded board of up to nine people.
  • Microsoft is expected to have a seat on the expanded board.
  • An investigation into the recent events will be conducted by an independent law firm.
  • Key board member Ilya Sutskever flipped back to Altman's camp.
  • Interim CEO Emmett Shear threatened to resign unless evidence of wrongdoing was provided.