The new board is expected to reorganize OpenAI’s management. Microsoft will likely get a seat on this expanded board, as will Altman himself. MS CEO Satya Nadella welcomed the new arrangement.
Altman’s return is even more shocking than his sudden departure. The board of the non-profit organization OpenAI seemed determined to remove Sam entirely and changed two CEOs within three days to prevent his reinstatement. But OpenAI employees rebelled, threatening to move to Microsoft along with Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman if the board didn’t resign. And it seems to have worked. The entire company – one of the most promising in the world – could have collapsed like a house of cards, and all because of one man.
A poignant mini-series at the end of the year.
