This morning, OpenAI unexpectedly announced the dismissal of its leader Sam Altman.. The news seemed extremely strange to many, but now the situation is getting even stranger, as The Verge resource says that OpenAI wants to bring Altman back.
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The source says OpenAI's board is in talks with Altman about returning as CEO, according to multiple people familiar with the matter..
Some very serious changes are taking place inside the company, since the situation is not limited only to the strange act regarding Altman. Greg Brockman, who served as president and chairman of the board of OpenAI, resigned. In addition, a number of senior researchers also resigned on Friday, and this is not the end.
The Verge says that one of the key roles in the situation with Altman was played by Ilya Sutskever, the co-founder of OpenAI and the head of its research projects, who is also a member of the company’s board. If you read the discussion of the issue on the social network X, you can find many statements that it was Sutzkever who was the main ideologist of OpenAI, and it was his work that gave impetus to the emergence of current types of AI.
One of The Verge's sources said Altman is “ambivalent” about returning and would like significant changes in management. That is, perhaps we are talking about some kind of power struggle, which is not surprising, given the influence of OpenAI now and its potential in the future.
Forbes writes that the scenario for Altman's return would be simple: force OpenAI's new management, led by interim CEO Mira Murati, and the remaining board of directors to admit that their situation is untenable due to a combination of mass protest by senior researchers, refusal of cloud computing loans from Microsoft and potential lawsuit from investors. Faced with such a combination, management would be forced to bring Altman back, which would likely lead to the subsequent departure of those believed to have pushed for Altman's ouster, including Sutzkever and board member Adam D'Angelo.