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Over the past few days the tech world has been munching on figurative popcorn as it has watched the drama unfold over at OpenAI. Over the weekend, co-founder Sam Altman was fired as CEO of the company. This set off a chain reaction of responses from employees and investors (including Microsoft) who claimed not to have been informed of the decision until it happened.
What ensued was a weekend of whiplash as motives were called into question, new information came to light and the possibility of reinstatement was dangled.
And it’s happened! As of Wednesday afternoon both OpenAI and Sam Altman confirmed his return as CEO alongside a new board.
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