OpenAI co-founder (ChatGPT developer) Sam Altman was fired from his post as CEO

Sam Altman will leave his position as OpenAI CEO and the company's board of directors. This is stated in a company statement.

The company concluded that Altman "was not consistently forthcoming in his communications with the board, which interfered with his ability to perform his responsibilities."

“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI,” the press release said. Technical Director Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO of the company.

After announcing his resignation, Altman posted on social network X (formerly Twitter) that he loved working at OpenAI “with such talented people.” He did not comment on the reasons for the dismissal, only noting that later he “will have something to say about what will happen next.”

The Verge calls the decision of the company's board of directors "extremely unexpected" since Altman was actually the main person of OpenAI. The publication recalls that last week Altman gave a presentation at which he spoke about new products and improvements to existing ones. In addition, on November 16, he spoke at one of the events of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

• OpenAI is one of the world leaders in the development of artificial intelligence technologies. Developed by ChatGPT. The main investor and exclusive partner of OpenAI is Microsoft Corporation.
• Sam Altman is one of the founders of OpenAI. He was also one of the co-founders of the Worldcoin project, which offered people the cryptocurrency of the same name in exchange for their biometric data (retina scan).