The new CEO of OpenAI is set to resign due to a lack of evidence regarding any wrongdoing by Altman

LagosMag Staff
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Emmett Shear, the recently appointed CEO of OpenAI, has issued a warning to resign unless the board can clearly articulate the reasons behind the removal of Sam Altman, the co-founder and former CEO who was ousted on Friday.

Within a span of less than 48 hours since assuming the role of CEO at OpenAI, Shear has actively engaged in negotiations aimed at reinstating Altman as the company’s CEO, according to Bloomberg.

The company is facing an internal turmoil as 750 out of 770 employees have also threatened to quit and join Altman who is on the wings to take up a CEO position to lead a new AI research team at Microsoft. They would prefer the reinstatement of Altman as CEO of OpenAI.

Some members of the board are pushing for the return of Altman.

“Many sources tell me fruitful negotiations are taking place now between Sam Altman side (he has a crew of well known outside tech pals helping) and the board side, who are repped by @adamdangelo and interim CEO @eshear,” Kara Swisher, a US tech journalist and author of the book Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.

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