2023-11-22 13:45:49
OpenAI announced on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday the return to the helm of its co-founder Sam Altman, a few days following his dismissal from the start-up creating ChatGPT. “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO” with changes in the board of directors, notably headed by Bret Taylor and the arrival of Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo, explained the company in a message posted just following 10 p.m. Tuesday evening in California, or 7 a.m. Wednesday in Paris.
“We are working on the details. Thank you for your patience during this time,” the start-up added in this message. Sam Altman, whom Microsoft announced on Monday to hire, three days following his dismissal from OpenAI, for his part immediately affirmed that he had the support of Satya Nadella, the boss of Microsoft, to return to the head of OpenAI.
Nearly 700 and 770 employees had threatened to resign
“With the new board of directors and Satya’s support, I look forward to returning to OpenAI and building a strong partnership” with Microsoft, the Silicon Valley star wrote on X (ex Twitter). On Monday, former Twitch boss Emmett Shear even announced that he had accepted the position of interim number 1 at OpenAI.
i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. when i decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that was the best path for me and the team. with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m…
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 22, 2023
According to a letter published by several American media, nearly 700 of OpenAI’s 770 employees threatened to resign if Sam Altman, 38, did not return. The putting online of the first version of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022 kicked off a race for so-called generative artificial intelligence, that is to say capable of creating content (text, images, sounds ) on request in everyday language.
Generative AI is seen as capable of transforming entire sectors of the economy. It arouses enthusiasm, but also strong concerns regarding its possible danger for democracy (massive disinformation) or employment (replaced professions), in particular.
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