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INTERVIEW: SAM ALTMAN ON BEING FIRED AND REHIRED BY OPENAI

theverge.com7 min read

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Sam Altman felt defiant, hurt, and angry when OpenAI's board asked him to return a day after they fired him. This article contains an interview with Altman and OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on the attempted boardroom coup. Altman repeatedly declined to say exactly why he was fired during the interview. OpenAI's new board will conduct an independent investigation into what went down.