{"id":1204234,"date":"2023-11-17T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204234"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:20:09","slug":"openai-fires-ceo-sam-altman-citing-less-than-candid-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204234","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, citing less than \u201ccandid\u201d communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/getty-sam-altman-800x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sits at a table and speaks into a microphone while testifying in a Senate hearing.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/getty-sam-altman.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1668\" data-width=\"2500\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies about AI rules before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on May 16, 2023, in Washington, DC.  (credit: Getty Images | Win McNamee )<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and DALL-E, announced Friday that co-founder and CEO Sam Altman will be departing the company and vacating his seat on the board. CTO Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO effective immediately, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/openai-announces-leadership-transition\">a blog post from the board of directors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Altman\u2019s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,&#8221; the blog reads, in part. &#8220;The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful for Sam\u2019s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI,&#8221; the board writes in a prepared statement. &#8220;At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984964#p3\">Read 7 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984964&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, citing less than \u201ccandid\u201d communications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies about AI rules before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on May 16, 2023, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Win McNamee ) OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204234\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1204235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1204234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1204234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1204235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1204234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1204234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1204234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}