Altman Sought Billions For Chip Venture Before OpenAI Ouster: Altman was fundraising in the Middle East for new chip venture; The project, code-named Tigris, is intended to rival Nvidia
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The OpenAI Board Member Who Clashed With Sam Altman Shares Her Side: In an interview, AI academic Helen Toner explains her posture in OpenAI’s power struggle
The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI: The departure of the high-profile boss of the San Francisco company drew attention to a philosophical rift among the people building new AI systems
The OpenAI Board Member Who Clashed With Sam Altman Shares Her Side: In an interview, AI academic Helen Toner explains her posture in OpenAI’s power struggle
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OpenAI Investors Keep Pushing for Sam Altman’s Return
Sam Altman confronted a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed for months about who should fill board vacancies
Before OpenAI Ousted Altman, Employees Disagreed Over AI ‘Safety’
Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman’s ouster: The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating delays at the artificial-intelligence start-up—complaints that were a major factor in the board’s abrupt decision to fire the CEO
Altman’s polarizing past hints at OpenAI board’s reason for firing him: Before OpenAI, Altman was asked to leave by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator, part of a pattern of clashes that some attribute to his self-serving approach
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI: The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans
Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board: Mira Murati as CTO, Greg Brockman returns as President. Read messages from CEO Sam Altman and board chair Bret Taylor
Altman Agrees to Internal Investigation Upon Return to OpenAI
Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
Sources said some key tension was between Sam Altman & Helen Toner, who might have been pressed to leave the board