OpenAI will reassign CEO Sam Altman.

By Maggie On Nov 22, 2023

OpenAI announced on Wednesday that Sam Altman, days after his unexpected dismissal, has agreed to return as CEO; OpenAI will reassign CEO Sam Altman, capping a marathon deliberation regarding the future of the startup at the epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom.

The company agreed in principle to partially reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed Altman in addition to his return. OpenAI announced that former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor would join Quora CEO and current director, Adam D’Angelo.

Sam Altman expressed his eagerness to return to OpenAI in a post on X. On Monday, Emmett Shear, a former Twitch executive, was appointed interim CEO of OpenAI. According to Altman, the organization’s departing CEO, he will join Microsoft.

OpenAI terminated Altman on Friday, a development that Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman were taken aback by. Brockman resigned from the organization after Altman’s dismissal.

Nevertheless, Brockman declared in a Wednesday post on X that he would be rejoining the organization after Altman’s reinstatement.

In a post on X, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who had previously announced the hiring of Atman on Monday, praised this new development, describing it as a “critical initial step towards enhanced governance that is more stable, informed, and effective.”

Many employees were taken aback by the abrupt management change when Altman and Brockman announced their resignations on Friday. They learned about the change from an internal message and the organization’s public blog.

More than 738 of the 770 OpenAI employees threatened to depart the organization if the board was not replaced, according to a letter initially published by Wired.

Last year, Altman rose to prominence by introducing OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, which sparked a competition for AI research and development advancements and billions of dollars in sector investment.