View Survey Close surveyXIs Copilot the best AI companion out there? Help us find out by answering a couple of quick questions!Let’s startMicrosoft Copilot Survey OpenAI’s board room drama is officially over now. Sam Altman today joined back OpenAI as its CEO. Like before, Mira Murati will serve as OpenAI’s CTO and Greg Brockman will […]
OpenAI’s board room drama is officially over now. Sam Altman today joined back OpenAI as its CEO. Like before, Mira Murati will serve as OpenAI’s CTO and Greg Brockman will once again act as President. OpenAI also has a new board chair, Bret Taylor. Also, the board now consists of Larry Summers, Adam D’Angelo and Bret Taylor. OpenAI is also giving Microsoft a seat at the board as a non-voting observer. The most interesting part is the role of Ilya Sutskever, who co-founded and served as board member and Chief Scientist of OpenAI. Sam mentioned in his mail that he still has love and respect for Ilya. But Ilya will no longer serve on the board, and OpenAI is discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI.
It will be interesting to see whether Ilya Sutskever will continue his work at OpenAI as he was directly involved in Altman’s removal as CEO last week. A lawyer representing Sutskever, Alex Weingarten, told Business Insider that “Ilya wants what is best for the company and has been very clear that what is best is having Sam back as CEO.”
You can read the full email Sam Altman sent to OpenAI employees below.Message from Sam to the company
I am returning to OpenAI as CEO. Mira will return to her role as CTO. The new initial board will consist of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.
I have never been more excited about the future. I am extremely grateful for everyone’s hard work in an unclear and unprecedented situation, and I believe our resilience and spirit set us apart in the industry. I feel so, so good about our probability of success for achieving our mission.
Before getting to what comes next, I’d like to share some thanks.
I love and respect Ilya, I think he’s a guiding light of the field and a gem of a human being. I harbor zero ill will towards him. While Ilya will no longer serve on the board, we hope to continue our working relationship and are discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI.
I am grateful to Adam, Tasha, and Helen for working with us to come to this solution that best serves the mission. I’m excited to continue to work with Adam and am sincerely thankful to Helen and Tasha for investing a huge amount of effort in this process.
Thank you also to Emmett who had a key and constructive role in helping us reach this outcome. Emmett’s dedication to AI safety and balancing stakeholders’ interests was clear.
Mira did an amazing job throughout all of this, serving the mission, the team, and the company selflessly throughout. She is an incredible leader and OpenAI would not be OpenAI without her. Thank you.
