Sam Altman returns to OpenAI's board, after being 'wrongfully' fired a few months ago

OpenAI, an AI startup, has welcomed back Sam Altman to the board. This was disclosed by the firm on Friday. In a shocking turn of events, Sam Altman was fired as CEO and member of the board of OpenAI a few months ago. Nevertheless, Sam Altman resigned from his position as CEO of OpenAI and rejoined the board following a great deal of controversy.

The company has also issued a statement saying that an internal investigation has revealed that Sam Altman was wrongfully fired. Along with Altman, three other people have also been included on the board of OpenAI. These include Sue Desmond Helman, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony Entertainment, and Fiji Simo, CEO of Instacart. OpenAI's board already includes ex-Salesforce co-CEO Brett Taylor and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who were inducted on the board only in November 2023.

Sam Altman, the company's founder, was relieved of his CEO duties by the OpenAI board in November of last year. The board members do not believe in Sam Altman, according to a statement released by the company. The absence of communication between Altman and the board members was also mentioned. However, there was a great deal of controversy surrounding Sam Altman's abrupt dismissal as CEO, and numerous other senior executives of the business also quit. In support of Altman, a sizable portion of the company's workforce had also threatened to resign. In such a situation, Microsoft, the largest investor company of OpenAI, took charge of the situation and got the role of observer on the board of OpenAI. Also, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella played an important role in Sam Altman's return to the company.

OpenAI created a sensation by launching ChatGPT in the market and within a few days, ChatGPT chatbot had more than 10 lakh users. This is the reason why there was discussion all over the world about removing Sam Altman from his post.