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Former CEO Sam Altman He left OpenAI — The technology community is terrified.
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Tech leaders and insiders turn to X to express their shock and theories about why he left.
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Mira Moratti, who was CTO at OpenAI, will serve as interim CEO of the company.
OpenAI has just sent shockwaves through the tech industry with its announcement Sam Altman is out as CEO -And members of the tech community are freaking out.
The board of directors of the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, Announce On Friday, she said she had lost confidence in Altman — who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 — to lead the company, noting that Altman “was not always honest in his communications.”
In response to Altman’s passing, members of the tech community are taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their shock.
“Awesome! I wasn’t expecting the atomic bomb news today.” Pietro Schiranowho claims to be the founder of an AI startup, wrote on X.
“I didn’t expect that to come.” Matt Wolfwho describes himself as the “creator” of a website for AI tools, wrote on X. “I actually thought he was an excellent, balanced ambassador for the technology.”
Some technology leaders praise Altman for his influence and work on them.
“Sam Altman is my hero,” said Eric Schmidt, technology investor and… Former CEO of Googlehe wrote on X. “He built a company from nothing to a $90 billion value, and changed our collective world forever.”
Other big voices in tech speculate as to why the board decided it no longer had confidence in Altman’s ability to lead the company.
“Like everyone, I have no idea why the board fired @sama in this way and so suddenly,” technology journalist Kara Swisher he wrote on X, speculating that the decision may have been personal or about money.
Some technicians even react to Altman’s departure with utter disbelief.
“Is this already April 1st?” Subbarao Kambhawho describe themselves as artificial intelligence researchers at Arizona State University, wrote on X.
This announcement comes more than a week after one of the founders of OpenAI announced his latest innovation, The most powerful version of ChatGPT At the company’s first developer conference.
Mira Moratti, who had been CTO at OpenAI, will serve as interim CEO of OpenAI until the company finds someone to fill the role permanently.
OpenAI Insider referred to its announcement of Altman’s departure when reached for comment.
For his part, Altman has not yet elaborated on the details of his departure.
“I loved my time at openai. It was transformative for me personally, and hopefully a little for the world. Most of all I loved working with such talented people,” to publish On X. “He will have more to say about what comes later.”
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