OpenAI’s Sam Altman returns to board after investigation

Sam Altman Will return to OpenAI’s Board of Directors, the exclusive group with ultimate control over OpenAI Chat GPT Developer, first reporter information on Friday.The decision was made more than four months later Board of Directors mysteriously fires Ultraman,lead to More than 700 OpenAI employees rebel and threatened to leave the company.

Outside law firm WilmerHale’s investigation into the November disaster has concluded, according to a report OpenAI blog post on Friday. The investigation found that Sam Altman was fired due to “a loss of trust between the former Board of Directors and Mr. Altman.” WilmerHale said the dismissals were not motivated by concerns about product safety, development speed or finances.

Altman joins three new board members: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony and CEO of Instacart Fidji Simo. Notably, the three new members, all women, join the all-male board but lack the research background of former OpenAI directors.

OpenAI’s board of directors has an unusual mission: to benefit humanity rather than shareholders.When will the group finally decide? This startup has achieved ultra-powerful artificial intelligence Known as Artificial General Intelligence or AGI.

As the OpenAI CEO returns to the board, questions remain about why his relationship with his former board soured. Ilya Sutskever, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner resigned from the board after Altman was fired in November.

Ilya Sutskever, chief scientist and co-founder of OpenAI According to The Information, talks are still ongoing to stay with the company.Over the past four months, all but one Letter he co-wrote with Elon Musk earlier this week.

One speculation about Altman’s firing has to do with the CEO’s numerous side projects, which most recently included a $7 trillion chip manufacturing initiative. OpenAI’s board of directors released a new policy on Friday to prevent potential conflicts of interest.