OpenAI in Crisis: CEO Ousted, Mass Employee Protest, and Microsoft's Opportunistic Move
The sudden firing of OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has sparked an institutional crisis, with mass employee protests and a swift move by Microsoft to hire Altman and his cohort, leaving the future of the influential AI company in doubt.
- OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence company, experienced a tumultuous weekend with the sudden firing of CEO Sam Altman, leading to an institutional crisis and mass employee protests.
- Altman's removal was followed by the resignation of OpenAI's president, Greg Brockman, and threats from over 700 of the company's 770 employees to quit unless Altman is reinstated.
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella swiftly hired Altman and Brockman to lead a new AI research lab within Microsoft, potentially drawing a significant portion of OpenAI's staff.
- OpenAI's board has refused to reinstate Altman, leading to uncertainty about the future of the company, which is valued at $86 billion and is seen as a key player in the AI industry.
- The upheaval at OpenAI underscores the high-stakes nature of AI research and development, with potential implications for the future of the technology and its impact on society.
Business Insider 
The Information 
CNBC 
CNA 
Washington Post 
ABC News 
The Daily Beast 
Engadget 
Fox Business Business Insider 
The Hill 
Investopedia Washington Post 
TechCrunch 
Fortune The Daily Beast 
Newsweek 
Forbes Business Insider The Information Forbes 
Mashable Forbes The Information 
The San Francisco Standard Fortune 
SFGATE 
The Messenger Forbes Business Insider 
VentureBeat Forbes 
Reuters CNA Business Insider 
CNN 
Popular Science 
The Verge Fortune 
BBC VentureBeat Business Insider Washington Post 
Associated Press The Daily Beast Forbes Forbes TechCrunch Forbes 
Time Washington Post 
Crunchbase News 
CBS News Reuters VentureBeat Business Insider The Information TechCrunch 
Boston Globe The Information 
Al Jazeera Boston Globe 
ZDNET 
Kotaku 
New York Post The Messenger Fortune Fox Business CNA CNA ABC News 
Futurism Fortune The San Francisco Standard Fortune 
The Register Forbes Mashable The Daily Beast VentureBeat Washington Post 
PBS NewsHour VentureBeat CNN 
GeekWire Fortune 
Washington Examiner Business Insider TechCrunch 
Big Technology Futurism Fox Business 
Ars Technica The Messenger 
BGR TechCrunch The Information ZDNET TechCrunch 
The Telegraph The Daily Beast Forbes TechCrunch Forbes The Information Fortune The Hill Forbes 
Gizmodo New York Post VentureBeat Reuters Business Insider Engadget Forbes 
Benzinga 
HuffPost 
TheWrap 
Sky News Business Insider New York Post 
Barron's The Verge Futurism 
The Hollywood Reporter Business Insider CNN VentureBeat CNBC Investopedia 
UPI Mashable Business Insider Forbes Engadget 
9to5Mac 
WIRED The San Francisco Standard 
The Daily Wire WIRED The Hill Reuters CNA Business Insider Business Insider 
NBC News Fortune Forbes VentureBeat 
PC Gamer Investopedia Futurism Business Insider Engadget 
Variety The Messenger CNBC BGR Reuters Reuters CNA CNA Business Insider Business Insider Reuters The Register Business Insider Futurism Business Insider Business Insider 
New Scientist Boston Globe Mashable Benzinga CNA CBS News Barron's Barron's Benzinga Business Insider 
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle CNBC BBC The Verge Washington Post Associated Press Business Insider Fox Business NBC News 
Le Monde Reuters CNN Fortune Time The Information VentureBeat CNBC Engadget Forbes Business Insider The Information Benzinga 
Semafor Business Insider CNA The Verge TechCrunch Mashable CNBC Benzinga Time Al Jazeera Sky News New York Post CNBC The Information Engadget WIRED TechCrunch 
The Japan Times VentureBeat 
South China Morning Post Washington Post GeekWire Reuters Forbes CNA CNA The Verge The Information Fortune BGR HuffPost Benzinga Reuters South China Morning Post CNN CNBC Forbes Forbes Time 
The Atlantic Time Semafor BBC 
GZERO Media GZERO Media Reuters CNA The Information CNBC Fox Business The Register New York Post CNBC Business Insider WIRED Reuters Fortune Fortune Business Insider Engadget NBC News Fortune UPI The Telegraph South China Morning Post Mashable Business Insider The Information Business Insider Business Insider Business Insider Fortune 
The Economist Fortune TechCrunch Fox Business The Information TechCrunch Fortune Business Insider CNBC Fortune NBC News The Information Semafor 