A Timeline of OpenAI’s (Ongoing) Drama With Sam Altman

It has been a chaotic weekend at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, with a whirlwind of events unfolding around Sam Altman, one of the company’s cofounders and now its former CEO. On Friday afternoon, Altman was abruptly fired by OpenAI’s four-person board, reportedly with little notice. The next day, however, reports surfaced that the board was having second thoughts and wanted Altman back. And by Monday, Altman had landed a new job—at Microsoft (MSFT). Friday (Nov. 17): OpenAI issued a surprise statement on Friday afternoon announcing Sam Altman would step...