At about 14:00 pm Beijing time on Wednesday, the American technology company OpenAI officially announced that it had reached an agreement in principle with former CEO Sam Altman, who was expelled from the company last Friday. He will return to OpenAI and continue to serve as CEO. At the same time, the company's board of directors will also change. Bret Taylor, who has served as an executive at Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce, will serve as the new chairman of the board of directors. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers, who is familiar to investors, will also join the OpenAI board of directors. Adam D'Angelo, the original board member and co-founder of Zhihu in the United States, will remain in office.
(Source: X)
In response to this statement, Altman also responded with the usual [red heart] [salute] [red heart] in the past two days, and replied: I like OpenAI, and everything I have done in the past few days is to keep this team and its mission intact. When I decided to join Microsoft on Sunday night, it was clear this was the best path for me and the team. With the support of a new board of directors and Satya (Microsoft CEO), I look forward to returning to OpenAI and continuing to build on our strong partnership with Microsoft.
As the major financier behind OpenAI, Microsoft CEO Nadella, who clearly stated that he "hopes to change the governance structure of OpenAI," also publicly responded that Microsoft was encouraged by the changes in the OpenAI board of directors. Microsoft sees this as the first step toward more stable, smarter, and more effective governance.
By the way, former OpenAI president Brockman, who resigned with Altman, also posted that he will return to OpenAI tonight and start writing code (it was already 22:00 local time in Los Angeles when he posted...)
Regarding this personnel adjustment, Musk, the world's richest man and a long-time "eating melon" on his own social media platform X, also immediately commented: "Look at such an intricate network we have woven."