Sam Altman, CEO of US artificial intelligence company OpenAI, has visited South Korea to discuss ways to set up a global network for artificial intelligence (AI) chip manufacturing with key chipmakers here, industry sources said on Friday.
Sam Altman, who was reinstated as OpenAI CEO after being abruptly fired last month, has revealed that the development was confusing and chaotic for him and his iPhone had also stopped working.
The New Yorker reported that Microsoft executives, including Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, were blindsided by the decision to oust Altman.
From Sam Altman's sacking to his return as OpenAI boss, here is timeline of the entire saga.
Altman was sacked on Friday by OpenAI's board members.
Meanwhile OpenAI has appointed former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as it's new CEO.
Altman and Brockman will lead a new team for advanced Artificial Intelligence research at the Microsoft, Nadella added.
The report further said that if Altman returns as CEO he will likely ask for changes in the ways the company is being run.
Hours after being fired, "shocked and saddened" Brockman and Altman released a joint statement narrating the entire episode.
