The head of OpenAI has been fired. Sam Altman was behind the creation of ChatGPT

An unexpected wave of change engulfed OpenAI when the company announced the departure of its head, Sam Altman, as CEO. The move is accompanied by his removal from the board of directors. Temporarily, the leadership of OpenAI has passed into the hands of the CTO, Mira Murati.

The reasons for Altman's dismissal were wrapped in a fog of formal expressions: "was not always forthright in his communications with the board, which prevented him from fulfilling his duties." Because of this, "the board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI."

OpenAI, developer of the innovative chatbot ChatGPT, expressed gratitude to Altman for his "great contributions to the creation and development of OpenAI." Meanwhile, management expressed full confidence in Mira Murati, asserting that she is capable of successfully leading the company through this transition period.

Sam Altman's resignation was an unexpected turn of events, especially given his active participation at OpenAI's DevDay last week, where the GPT-4 Turbo platform was unveiled. He also attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Thursday.

This firing reminds us of a similar scenario with Steve Jobs, who was also fired from Apple. Such turns of events are often the moments that influence a company's development in unexpected directions.

The creation of ChatGPT was a breakthrough in artificial intelligence and language models, setting new standards in the creation of smart algorithms. Altman himself co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and has served as CEO since 2019. The release of the ChatGPT chatbot last November was the starting point for the explosive growth of generative artificial intelligence.

On his Twitter page, Altman shared his thoughts on his departure, "I loved working at OpenAI. It changed me personally and hopefully changed the world a bit. Most of all, I loved working with such talented people. I'll tell you about what's next for me later.