After Sam Altman’s eventful return as OpenAI’s CEO, the company has announced that Microsoft will now be included as a non-voting observer on its board. It is unclear why the company’s largest investor was not on the board initially, but this issue seems to be partially resolved for now. Altman will be joined by co-founder Greg Brockman, who will resume his role as President. Mira Murati, who briefly served as interim CEO during the drama, will return to her position as CTO.
The announcement also confirms the formation of a new board, which includes former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor as the chair, former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and original member Adam D’Angelo, who is also the co-founder and CEO of Quora. There were previous rumors that Altman’s departure was influenced by D’Angelo’s potential conflict of interest, as OpenAI was developing a competitor to Quora’s Poe service. The latter offers OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4, among other things…
2023-11-29 21:38:44
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