OpenAI CEO's ouster was over "breakdown of communications," not "malfeasance"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's firing was over a "breakdown in communication between Sam and the board," and not "malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo Saturday morning, viewed by Reuters.
The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman, sending shock waves across the tech industry. The company appointed former chief technology officer Mira Murati as interim CEO.
The firing came as a surprise to Altman, and also blindsided many employees who discovered the abrupt management change from the company's public facing blog, according to an X post from Greg Brockman, the former OpenAI president and co-founder.
Brockman quit shortly after Altman was fired. Another senior researcher, Szymon Sidor, confirmed to Reuters that he had quit as well.
"Team - after yesterday’s announcement, which took us all by surprise, we have had multiple conversations with the board to try to better understand the reasons and process behind their decision. These discussions, and options regarding our path forward, are ongoing this morning," Lightcap wrote in the memo.
"We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," he wrote. "This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board."
"We still share your concerns about how the process has been handled, are working to resolve the situation," he added in the note. "Our collective responsibility right now is to our teammates, partners, users, customers, and the broader world who shares our vision of broadly beneficial AGI." (Reuters-Yonhap)
(责任编辑:부모와 아이)
下一篇:S. Korean diplomat discusses NK human rights with US envoy
- ·KG Mobility, BYD bolster ties on EV batteries, hybrids
- ·Viviz goes all out for 4th EP ‘Versus’
- ·Asiana Airlines to sell cargo biz to smooth merger
- ·Biden picks top Asia aide as nominee for deputy secretary of state
- ·美 ICBM '미니트맨
- ·Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war
- ·Embracing setbacks: KAIST students vie for the inaugural 'worst failure' crown
- ·Yangjae Flower Festa kicks off Friday
- ·Another suspect of Tajik duo behind S. Korean money exchange robbery nabbed
- ·Foreign workers' deaths get weak sanctions
- ·USS Carl Vinson deploys for Indo
- ·S.Korea's largest
- ·Hyundai Motor shows off air mobility, drone tech at Seoul defense fair
- ·Supporters of Israel hold rally in Seoul, urge Hamas to stop atrocities
- ·Number of deaths in cycling accidents soars
- ·탄약 찾는 러…국방부 "北컨테이너 적재량, 포탄 수십만발 분량"
- ·Number of deaths in cycling accidents soars
- ·USS Carl Vinson deploys for Indo
- ·Seoul subway workers vote for strike plan
- ·Reeling from election loss, ruling party picks new leader posts
- ·[Korea Beyond Korea] In Paris, soaring demand for Korean studies yet to be fully met
- ·Reeling from election loss, ruling party picks new leader posts
- ·[view] 민심 더 싸늘해지는데…감동 없는 김기현 2기
- ·Another suspect of Tajik duo behind S. Korean money exchange robbery nabbed
- ·Hyundai Rotem to showcase new ground weapons systems at Seoul expo
- ·Gimbap and hanja cramming: Life of Korean Studies students in Paris
- ·Hamas weapons, tactics resemble those of NK: JCS
- ·FSC lays out plan to boost pet insurance enrollment