What an absolute roller coaster ride. OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker that has been in management upheaval for more than four months, announced that its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman would return to its board of directors as part of a reshaped oversight team. Altman’s return comes after an independent investigation found the board did not need to fire him in the first place.
Although few details about what got Altman fired are known, OpenAI Chief Technology Officer – and CEO for a day – Mira Murati reportedly complained to the board about Altman’s management style, according to the New York Times. Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever also was instrumental in his ouster, for which he later publicly apologized. Murati, too, later publicly backed Altman.