{"id":1205143,"date":"2023-11-21T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205143"},"modified":"2023-11-21T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:03:01","slug":"report-after-altman-firing-openai-tried-to-merge-with-rival-and-was-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205143","title":{"rendered":"Report: After Altman firing, OpenAI tried to merge with rival\u2014and was rejected"},"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-Dario-Amodei-800x507-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sitting at a table and speaking into a microphone during a Senate committee hearing.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/getty-Dario-Amodei.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1584\" data-width=\"2500\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, during a hearing on AI held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After firing CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors reached out to the CEO of its rival, Anthropic, to propose a merger, but the proposal was quickly rejected, according to news reports. The board approached Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei &#8220;about a potential merger of the two companies&#8221; as &#8220;part of an effort by OpenAI to persuade Amodei to replace Altman as CEO,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/openai-approached-anthropic-about-merger\">The Information reported<\/a> yesterday, citing &#8220;a person with direct knowledge&#8221; of the contact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not clear whether the merger proposal led to any serious discussion. Amodei quickly turned down the CEO offer due to his position at Anthropic,&#8221; The Information wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The report was subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/openais-board-approached-anthropic-ceo-about-top-job-merger-sources-2023-11-21\/\">confirmed by Reuters<\/a>. &#8220;OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors approached rival Anthropic&#8217;s CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter,&#8221; Reuters wrote. &#8220;Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei declined on both fronts, the people said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985804#p3\">Read 9 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985804&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: After Altman firing, OpenAI tried to merge with rival\u2014and was rejected<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, during a hearing on AI held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. 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