OpenAI CEO's ouster was over "breakdown of communications," not "malfeasance"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's firing was over a "breakdown in communication between Sam and the board," and not "malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo Saturday morning, viewed by Reuters.
The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman, sending shock waves across the tech industry. The company appointed former chief technology officer Mira Murati as interim CEO.
The firing came as a surprise to Altman, and also blindsided many employees who discovered the abrupt management change from the company's public facing blog, according to an X post from Greg Brockman, the former OpenAI president and co-founder.
Brockman quit shortly after Altman was fired. Another senior researcher, Szymon Sidor, confirmed to Reuters that he had quit as well.
"Team - after yesterday’s announcement, which took us all by surprise, we have had multiple conversations with the board to try to better understand the reasons and process behind their decision. These discussions, and options regarding our path forward, are ongoing this morning," Lightcap wrote in the memo.
"We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," he wrote. "This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board."
"We still share your concerns about how the process has been handled, are working to resolve the situation," he added in the note. "Our collective responsibility right now is to our teammates, partners, users, customers, and the broader world who shares our vision of broadly beneficial AGI." (Reuters-Yonhap)
相关文章
장예찬 "이상민 탈당에 깊이 공감…민주당 고쳐쓰기 불가능"
장예찬 국민의힘 청년최고위원. 뉴스1장예찬 국민의힘 청년최고위원은 3일 더불어민주당 이상민 의원이 민주당을 탈당하며 ‘이재명 사당’, ‘개딸(개혁의 딸)당으로 변질’ 등을 언급한2023-12-04- 서울 종로구 감사원의 모습. 뉴스1감사원이 문재인 정부 당시 소상공인 지원 실태에 대한 감사에 착수했다.13일 감사원 관계자는 최근 중소벤처기업부 등을 대상으로 소상공인 지원 사업2023-12-04
‘Believer 2’ returns as 'midquel' with new characters, stronger plot
“Believer 2,” the much-awaited second installment of the 2018 crime action franchise, “Believer,” wh2023-12-04LG companies hint at grand promotions to celebrate Twins' big win
LG Group affiliates, including the country's leading home appliance maker, LG Electronics, are2023-12-04[Global Finance Awards] Going global essential in era of digital finance
By Yoo Chang-joProfessor of marketing at Dongguk UniversityThe rapidly evolving landscape of technol2023-12-04Nara Space successfully launches cube satellite
Nara Space has successfully launched the Observer-1A, a self-developed commercial cube satellite, be2023-12-04
最新评论