The president of OpenAI and three senior researchers resigned after Sam Altman was fired as CEO.

This was a big surprise in the tech world. OpenAI's board lost trust in Altman's ability to lead the company, valued at $90 billion. Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer, has taken the helm.

According to The Verge, Altman was a prominent figure of OpenAI. He started it in 2015 with Elon Musk and Greg Brockman. Brockman, who served as OpenAI's president and was a close associate of Altman, also departed from the company:

Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today.

Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out.

We too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Here is what we know:

- Last night, Sam got a text from Ilya asking to talk at noon Friday. Sam joined a Google Meet and the whole board, except Greg, was there. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon.

- At 12:19pm, Greg got a text from Ilya asking for a quick call. At 12:23pm, Ilya sent a Google Meet link. Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired. Around the same time, OpenAI published a blog post.

- As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior.

The outpouring of support has been really nice; thank you, but please don’t spend any time being concerned. We will be fine. Greater things coming soon.

P.S. Elon Musk stepped down from OpenAI's board of directors in 2018. By the end of 2023, three of the six co-founders had left the organization, leaving Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and Andrej Karpathy still involved with OpenAI.

P.P.S. Greg Brockman, the former president, said he and Altman will soon announce a new project.

Will OpenAI fall apart?
💔 - yes
👎- no