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Microsoft joins OpenAI board as Sam Altman returns as CEO

<p>Following Sam Altman's <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/sam-altman-is-reinstated-as-openai-ceo-five-days-after-being-fired-070037749.html">rollercoaster of a return[/url] as OpenAI's CEO, the company <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://openai.com/blog/sam-altman-returns-as-ceo-openai-has-a-new-initial-board">announced[/url] — on the eve of <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/tag/chatgpt/">ChatGPT's[/url] first anniversary — that it will now include Microsoft as a non-voting observer on its board. The question remains as to why the firm's <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-openai-investment-expansion-152302151.html">largest investor[/url] wasn't on its board in the first place, but this seems to be somewhat addressed for now, at least. Altman is joined by co-founder Greg Brockman who resumes his role as President, whereas Mira Murati, who very briefly served as interim CEO throughout the <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/what-is-going-on-with-openai-and-sam-altman-215725312.html">drama[/url], will return to her role as CTO.</p>
<p>The announcement also confirms a new board consisting of former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor (chair), former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and original member Adam D'Angelo, who is also Quora's co-founder and CEO. It was earlier rumored that Altman's exit was partly influenced by D'Angelo's seeming conflict of interest, as OpenAI was developing a potential competitor to Quora's Poe service — the latter offers OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4, along with several other text-generating AI models.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="49c3538eac684c658776876eb03764e3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I recognize that during this process some questions were raised about Adam’s potential conflict of interest running Quora and Poe while being on the OpenAI Board. For the record, I want to state that Adam has always been very clear with me and the Board about the potential…</p>— Sam Altman (@sama) November 30, 2023 (https://twitter.com/sama/status/1730032994474475554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
 

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<p>D'Angelo's presence on OpenAI's new board came as a surprise, and Altman took to X to address the elephant in the room. &quot;Quora is a large customer of OpenAI and we found it helpful to have customer representation on our Board.&quot; The exec added that D'Angelo &quot;has always been very clear... about the potential conflict and doing whatever he needed to do,&quot; including offering to leave the board, if necessary. As to why the original board wanted Altman out, he said &quot;it is clear that there were real misunderstandings between me and members of the board.&quot;</p>
<p>OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever was a former board member who allegedly led the ouster of Altman. The exec later <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://twitter.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028">openly admitted[/url] that he &quot;deeply regret my participation in the board's actions&quot; (with Elon Musk <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1726753202786173249">begging for attention[/url] in his thread), and he had since voiced his support for Altman's return as CEO. In his open message, Altman says &quot;I harbor zero ill will towards him,&quot; and that his team is figuring out a way to let Sutskever continue his work at OpenAI.</p>
<p>In the same official announcement, OpenAI's new Chair, Taylor, assured that the company will &quot;enhance the governance structure,&quot; and put together &quot;an independent committee of the Board to oversee a review of the recent events,&quot; for the sake of the organization's stability.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-joins-openai-board-as-sam-altman-returns-as-ceo-023844090.html?src=rss

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