The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog. “Based on today’s news, I quit,” he wrote.Īfter learning today’s news, this is the message I sent to the OpenAI team: /8x39P0ejOM- Greg Brockman November 18, 2023 Greg Brockman will step down from his role as the chair of the board but will retain his other position as OpenAI president, according to the statement.īrockman announced his departure on social media on Friday.

Murati has been a part of the San Francisco-based company’s leadership for five years. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s CTO, will become interim CEO in his place, according to the statement. will have more to say about what’s next later,” he wrote. most of all i loved working with such talented people. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. What Altman had allegedly hidden from his company’s board was not clear.Īltman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.

Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the board’s statement said.

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