ChatGPT Creator OpenAI in Turmoil as CEO Leaves, Takes Job at Microsoft

OpenAI, the company that created the large language model-based chatbot ChatGPT, is in turmoil after the firing of CEO Sam Altman. Altman has since accepted a position at Microsoft.

Key Details: On Monday, an open letter was signed by a majority of OpenAI's 700-plus employees asking for the resignation of the board after the ouster of Altman. OpenAI investors are also pushing for Altman's return.

Key Quote: “If the architects and vision and brains behind these products have now left, the company will be a shell of what it once was,” said Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell University’s Tech Policy Institute. “All of that brain trust going to Microsoft will then mean that these impressive tools will be coming out of Microsoft. It will be hard to see OpenAI continue to thrive as a company.”

For Context: On Friday, OpenAI said that Altman was ousted after a review determined he was "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board and that the board had lost confidence in him.

How the Media Covered it: Sources on the right noted that OpenAI is scrambling to keep employees from resigning after the surprise ouster of Altman. Sources on the left noted that the conflict centered in part on how to build artificial intelligence that was superior to human intelligence,