OpenAI executives offer different versions of Sam Altman’s firing. What’s the truth?

After unintentional dismissal Sam Altmannow former CEO of OpenAI; And based on Greg BrockmanWho resigned from the position of president of the company due to the expulsion of the co-founder of the company, the developing company ChatGPTone of the most famous artificial intelligence programs in the world, is going through a crisis.

This scenario, in which even the workers (up to 95% of them) announced that they would resign and join Microsoft If the Board of Directors does not reinstate Altman as CEO, it becomes even more important given that Emmett ShearAppointed interim CEO, he announced the appointment of a private investigator to try to find out why his predecessor was fired.

Although rumors indicate that the reason for the dismissal was a difference of opinion between them Altman and members of the Board of Directors regarding the rapid development of artificial intelligence; Official contact for OpenAI He notes that the now-former CEO “was not very transparent in his communications with the board,” without offering a clear explanation.

inside OpenAI The explanations will also not be clear because Satya NadellaCEO of MicrosoftHe expressed his bewilderment at Altman’s departure, claiming that he was not informed of the reasons that led to the board’s decision. This is despite the fact that the company was founded before Bill Gates It owns 49% of the artificial intelligence company.

In a recent meeting with employees OpenAITwo different explanations have been offered to justify Altman’s dismissal, although neither has succeeded in convincing the company’s workers, who remain steadfast in their determination to resign if the former CEO is not reinstated:

The first interpretation suggests that Altman assigned the same project (without specifying) to two different people, while the second is consistent with two different opinions that supposedly the co-founder of the company OpenAI It would have been given to directors in relation to a “person in the company”. None of those mentioned succeeded in convincing the workers, according to what was reported by the American media outlet The Verge.

Although it was affected by the dismissal and OpenAI is under the watchful eye of users and managers Technology sectorAltman continues to remain silent about the reasons that the board of directors was going to explain to him when he was removed from the position of CEO of the company.

For now, Altman’s future seems more tied to him Microsoftsince the company (which is in any way related to OpenAI) would give him a position related to artificial intelligence development.

A large group consisting of 505 out of 700 workers From across the company they sent a letter to the CEOs demanding two things: their resignation as leaders and the return of the previous CEO (for now).

The text signed by all workers also includes the return Greg Brockman As president of the company after his resignation due to the firing of Altman. Otherwise, they threatened to resign to join Microsoft as employees and thus leave OpenAI With 195, which represents a greater decrease than 72% And a crisis in operating the multiple artificial intelligence tools that the company owns.

According to the text of the letter, the workers accuse the company of carrying out an operation that “puts all of this work at risk and undermines our mission and our company.” Moreover, they confirm that the initial decision to fire Altman Causing Brockman’s resignation reveals “clear behavior that he does not have the competence to supervise the actions of… OpenAI“.