Just now, OpenAI announced an explosive news on its official website that makes people unable to believe their eyes: "OpenAI leadership changes:
All outside reactions are: What? !
No, what happened? It’s so exciting!
Regarding the explanation of this matter, OpenAI wrote in the article: "Mr. Altman's departure was decided after a thoughtful review by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors believes that he failed to always be candid in his communications with the Board of Directors, which affected the Board's ability to perform its duties. Therefore, the Board of Directors no longer has confidence in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI."
At the same time, the board of directors said in a statement that OpenAI’s all-out mission remains to ensure that general artificial intelligence benefits all mankind. "We are very grateful for Sam's many contributions in the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe that as the company grows, new leadership is needed."
According to the appointment, Mira Murati will temporarily take over the CEO position: "Mira has been a member of the OpenAI leadership team for five years. She has unique professional skills, a deep understanding of the company's values, operations and business, and has already led OpenAI's research, product and security departments. Given Mira's long-term close involvement in all aspects of the company, including experience in artificial intelligence governance and policy, the board of directors believes that she is very suitable for this position and looks forward to a smooth transition period during the formal search for a permanent CEO."
The new interim CEO they recommended, Mira Murati, was born in Albania in 1988 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. After joining OpenAI in 2018, he became chief technology officer and is an advocate of artificial intelligence regulation.
More than an hour later, SamAlman himself responded at
According to a board statement, "As part of the transition period, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman will step down as chairman of the board but will continue to serve in his role within the company, reporting to the new CEO."
Unexpectedly, a few hours later, Greg Brockman also posted a message directly announcing that he would quit playing:
According to OpenAI’s official statement, most members of the board of directors are independent of each other, each with different backgrounds and professional fields, and jointly decide and guide the development direction of OpenAI.
Judging from the statement, Altman seemed to have been notified, and Greg's statement was also "when I learned about today's news." It is very likely that this story will happen again. Therefore, among the six people, the last three are outside OpenAI. Previously, OpenAI seemed to be consistent with the vision of Altman’s core group.
No matter what, this is really the "nuclear bomb-level" news this year in the AI circle and even the entire technology industry. As soon as the news came out, the entire media, technical staff of large and small companies, and the public were shocked, and Sam Altman's name immediately ranked first in the "X Trends".
Netizens’ reactions were basically confused:
"Did they fire Ultraman because of blueberry?"
"It seems that this year's wave of layoffs in technology companies is really unfounded..."
Regarding the voluntary resignation of Greg Brockman, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of OpenAI, many netizens expressed their respect: "A man of principles, I salute you!"
Some people also asked whether GPT5 has replaced Ultraman.
"Sam, if a superintelligence has taken over OpenAI, blink twice."
Someone else thought about SBF and joked, "This is a bad year for people named Sam."
At the same time, some netizens feel that Ultraman's current situation is very similar to that of Steve Jobs, who was fired from Apple, the company he founded. Perhaps he is getting closer to greatness.
In 1985, Jobs was forced to leave Apple due to disagreements with other top Apple leaders over the future direction of the company. Subsequently, he founded NeXT Company, focusing on the high-end computer market, and also invested in Pixar Animation Studio. In 1996, Apple acquired NeXT after a series of product failures and leadership changes. In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple and eventually became the official CEO again, and led Apple to launch a series of revolutionary products such as iMac, iPhone and iPad, helping to transform Apple into one of the most valuable companies in the world.
"This is your SteveJobs moment."
"Sam is getting closer to recreating the story of the 'next Steve Jobs.'"
"This is what it will look like in 20 years when OpenAI brings back Sam Altman."
Regarding the ‘what’snext’ that Ultraman wrote in his tweet, everyone has various speculations:
Some people think that they want to make an app, such as an AGI application.
"He's obviously tired of apps. How about opening a yogurt and ice cream shop for depressed people?"
“Let’s create next.ai!”
“Whatever you do, let me join your next company’s seed round, thanks.”
Of course, more people expressed their support for Altman, thanking him for founding such an epoch-making company as OpenAI, and looking forward to what surprises he will bring next.
Things are progressing rapidly, and now everyone’s questions are focused on:
These questions will generate answers quickly, and you are welcome to join our community to follow the discussion.