- CEO Sam Altman will return to OpenAI’s board of directors.
- OpenAI board chairman Brett Taylor said the members “unanimously concluded” that Altman is the right person to lead the company.
- The AI startup will also welcome three new board members, the company announced.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to OpenAI’s board of directors, the company announced Friday.
The move comes about four and a half months after the CEO abruptly fired the company in November, along with fellow board members Ilya Satskeva, Adam DiAngelo, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner. I was disappointed. Mr. Altman was fired and rehired within days, and an internal investigation into his recently concluded expulsion was launched.
“We unanimously concluded that Sam and Greg are the right people to lead OpenAI,” said Brett Taylor, Chairman of the OpenAI Board of Directors. statement It was released on Friday.
Mr. Toner, Mr. McCauley and Mr. Sutskever have since resigned from their positions as directors of the company. Co-founder and chief scientist Sutskever remains at OpenAI, but has kept out of the public eye since his involvement in Altman’s firing, and has either resigned or been approached by Elon Musk to work at xAI. Rumors are growing that he may accept the offer. Information reported that he is in discussions about remaining with the company.
In addition to Altman’s return, OpenAI announced the appointment Three board members were added Friday, bringing the total number of nonprofit leaders to seven. New board members include Sue Desmond Hellman, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony Entertainment. Instacart CEO Fiji Simo agrees.
Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.