Billion-Dollar Investor Microsoft, unlikely to be a board member in OpenAI. OpenAI's newest board of directors will reportedly not include some of its most prominent investors, including Microsoft, who has pledged millions into the AI giant, as per a Reuters report citing a person familiar with the matter as the source.
Sam Altman is back as CEO of OpenAI - four crazy days after the board sacked him because it had "lost confidence" in his ability to lead the Microsoft-backed firm.
OpenAI's board of directors approached rival Anthropic's CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter.