Sam Altman is a back at OpenAI.Credit:Bloomberg
His return caps a tumultuous weekend that saw Altman agree to move to OpenAI’s financial backer Microsoft to head a new research team there. That followed a rejection by OpenAI’s board of his first attempt to return to the startup,on Sunday,by naming ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO.
In a post on X,Shear celebrated the late-night outcome Tuesday,which he said followed “~72 very intense hours of work.”
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Altman’s dismissal had brought uncertainty for both OpenAI and Microsoft,which had moved quickly to control damage over the weekend by vowing to hire him and Greg Brockman,president of the startup.
Brockman,who had quit after Altman was ousted,said in a post on X that he was “getting back to coding tonight.”
Nearly all of OpenAI’s more than 700-strong staff on Monday had threatened to leave unless the board stepped down and reinstated Altman and Brockman,according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.