The co-founder and president of OpenAI left abruptly late Friday, hours after CEO Sam Altman’s shocking firing earlier.
“We’ve been through the hardest and best times together and accomplished so much for all the reasons that should have been impossible. But based on today’s news, I’m stepping down,” Greg Brockman said. declared In X.
The report comes after Altman was fired by the company that helped build a pioneering force in the field of artificial intelligence.
“Mr. Altman’s departure follows the board’s advisory review process, which concluded that he had been consistently dishonest in his communications with the board, impeding his ability to carry out its responsibilities. A blog post. “The board has no confidence in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI.”
The group did not provide any details about Altman’s dishonesty and declined to answer any follow-up questions about the bombshell shakeup.
Altman did not immediately return a call from The Daily Beast, but in a post to X on Friday afternoon, she acknowledged the ouster, saying, “I loved my time at the opening. It made a difference for me personally, and the world a little bit better. Most of all, I loved working with such talented people. .more on that later.” He ended the post with a “saluting” emoji.
Brockman individually Published In X, he and Altman are “still trying to figure out what happened.” He said Altman received a text message Thursday night from Ilya Sutzkever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, asking him to join a virtual meeting the next day, then saying he was “being fired, and the news will be out very soon.”
OpenAI’s board appointed Chief Technology Officer Meera Murati to serve as interim CEO.
The news reportedly shocked employees at OpenAI, who first heard the news when it was announced publicly on the edge.
The company’s major investor, Microsoft, told the outlet that it will continue to work with OpenAI and is “committed to Mira and her team as we bring this next era of AI to our customers.” But there was a technological giant is reported “blindsided” by the news and discovered shortly before it was announced.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tried to downplay the situation in a post on X, saying, “We have a long-term contract with OpenAI with full access to everything we have to offer in our innovation agenda and an exciting product roadmap; Be committed to our partnership.”
According to the tech outlet InformationSutzkever tried to reassure employees during an all-hands meeting on Friday, telling them the chaos will ultimately “make us feel closer.”
Altman came to OpenAI after serving as president of major startup incubator Y-Combinator. The AI company rose to prominence with the launch of the highly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. The company’s most recent product, ChatGPT Plus, was very popular Pause recordings Earlier this month.
Along with his role as CEO of OpenAI, Altman, 38, has served as a sort of public face for the artificial intelligence industry. in which New York During what the magazine called a “world tour” this spring, Altman testified before the U.S. Congress about the potential risks and benefits of AI technology, meeting with leaders from France, Spain, India, South Korea, Germany and the UK. Dinner at the White House.
A day before his firing, Altman appeared He further evangelized AI on behalf of OpenAI at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco.
“I think it’s going to be the most transformative and useful technology ever invented,” he said, adding that new technology like ChatGPT is “like the ‘Star Trek’ computer I was always promised.”
Launched in 2015 with large donations from Elon Musk, Reed Hoffman, Peter Thiel and others, OpenAI switched to a for-profit model in 2019 to attract venture capital, although it started as a for-profit company. The move disappointed donors like Musk Tweeted Earlier this year, he wrote, “I’m baffled that a non-profit I donated ~$100M to somehow turned into a market cap of $30B in profit. If it’s legal, why isn’t everyone doing it?”
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who is building his own AI initiative, called Altman a “hero” in a tweet on Friday.
“He built a company from nothing to $90 billion and changed our collective world forever,” he wrote. “I can’t wait to see what he does next. I and billions of people will benefit from his future work—it’s going to be incredible.”
“Friend of animals everywhere. Devoted analyst. Total alcohol scholar. Infuriatingly humble food trailblazer.”