The chaos at OpenAI has taken another turn as a letter signed by over half of the company’s team members demands that the current board resign and bring back Sam Altman as its CEO, or they may leave.
In yet another turn in this strange leadership struggle at OpenAI, a letter signed by nearly 500 of the company’s over 700 employees is demanding that the current board of directors resign and bring back Sam Altman as its CEO. Altman was fired by that board on Friday, and has now been hired by Microsoft to help lead a new advanced AI team.
In the letter, posted on Wired, the employees stated that in their opinion, the current board’s conduct “has made it clear you did not have the competence to oversee OpenAI.” The letter stated that the team members who signed the letter may resign and join Altman and other OpenAI team members at Microsoft unless the board resigns and Altman, along with former ChatGPT President Greg Brockman, are brought back into the company.
Here is the letter in full:
To the Board of Directors at OpenAI:
OpenAI is the world’s leading AI company. We, the employees of OpenAI, have developed the best models and pushed the field to new frontiers. Our work on AI safety and governance shapes global norms.
