Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) OpenAI was thrown into upheaval in recent days after the sudden departure of CEO Sam Altman, who just three days later landed at Microsoft. The ouster elicited a letter from about 600 employees at OpenAI, all of whom threatened to resign unless Altman returns.
As the worker protest unfolded, OpenAI – maker of the popular conversation bot ChatGPT – appointed a replacement for Altman: Interim CEO Emmett Shear, the former chief executive at video game streaming platform Twitch. Shear revealed the news Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying he d received a call from the company offering him the position only hours earlier.
"It s clear that the process and communications around Sam s removal has been handled very badly, which has seriously damaged our trust," said Shear.
"I took this job because I believe that OpenAI is one of the most important companies currently in existence," he added. "When the board sha
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Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) OpenAI was thrown into upheaval in recent days after the sudden departure of CEO Sam Altman, who just three days later landed at Microsoft. The ouster elicited a letter from about 600 employees at OpenAI, all of whom threatened to resign unless Altman returns.
As the worker protest unfolded, OpenAI – maker of the popular conversation bot ChatGPT – appointed a replacement for Altman: Interim CEO Emmett Shear, the former chief executive at video game streaming platform Twitch. Shear revealed the news Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying he d received a call from the company offering him the position only hours earlier.
"It s clear that the process and communications around Sam s removal has been handled very badly, which has seriously damaged our trust," said Shear.
"I took this job because I believe that OpenAI is one of the most important companies currently in existence," he added. "When the board sha