To be or not to be the CEO of OpenAI?
Timeline of Sam Altman’s dismissal from OpenAI. A five-act play.
The whole world is watching events unfold rapidly around OpenAI after Sam Altman's dismissal. This is a tech drama of Shakespearean scale, which, we believe, will soon be made into a film. It's interesting to see what will be created first: AGI or a new Netflix series.
🎭 We wrote a play script with all the key events.
Characters:
• Sam Altman — CEO of OpenAI
• Ilya Sutskever — Chief Scientist and Board Member of OpenAI
• Greg Brockman — President of OpenAI, Chairman of the Board
• Mira Murati — CTO of OpenAI, Interim CEO
• Satya Nadella — CEO of Microsoft
• Emmet Shear— Founder of Twitch, a popular video game streaming platform, Interim CEO of OpenAI
• Adam D'Angelo — Director of Quora, Board Member of OpenAI
• 778 OpenAI employees
The setting is in the city of San Francisco.
Prologue
Thursday, November 16.
Sam Altman participated in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco and took part in the "AI and the Future of Art" panel.
In the evening, he received a message from Ilya Sutskever asking to talk on Friday at noon.
Mira Murati was informed that Altman would be fired the following day, and she would become the interim CEO.
Act 1. Firing
Friday, November 17.
Dismissal
At 12:00, Ilya Sutskever informed Sam Altman of his dismissal via a Google Meet call and said this news would soon be made public.
Brockman Demoted
At 12:23, Ilya Sutskever told Greg Brockman that he had been removed from his position as Chairman of the Board but would remain with the company...
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