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Ousted OpenAI C.E.O. Makes Plans for New Artificial Intelligence Company
Sam Altman, who was forced out of his company on Friday afternoon, was quickly moving to create another company with another OpenAI executive who quit on Friday.
Musk threatens ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ against media watchdog, calls advertisers ‘oppressors’
Elon Musk lashed out at a media watchdog and unspecified large advertisers on Friday, as several brands paused ad spending on X.
OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, Airbnb acquires GamePlanner.AI, and Epic battles Google over antitrust
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major tech industry happenings over the past week (or so). Microsoft’s Ignite conference, where the tech giant pitched its vision of a “copilot”-powered future, flooded the … Continue reading
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OpenAI exec addresses CEO Sam Altman’s firing in note to employees — Read the full memo
Lightcap wrote in the memo everyone was taken by surprise and that he’s had many conversations with the board to try to understand their decision.
OpenAI’s unique corporate structure left Sam Altman vulnerable. Now he’s out
OpenAI’s unusual company structure weakened Sam Altman’s position as CEO and left him open to surprise on Friday when he was quickly ousted from the company.
Who’s on the OpenAI board — the group behind Sam Altman’s ouster
OpenAI’s board stated that Altman “was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.”
A timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI — and the fallout
In a dramatic turn of events late Friday, ex-Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, by OpenAI’s board of directors. Then, the … Continue reading
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Deal Dive: An AI application that isn’t just marginally better
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What We Know About Sam Altman’s Ouster From OpenAI
Everything seemed to be going his way. Then his time at OpenAI was over.