OpenAi's Game of Thrones
Altman's Out, In, and the Board Does the Hokey Pokey
Coffee Guff
November 19, 2023
In what reads like a rejected "Silicon Valley" episode script, OpenAI's board pulled the rug out from under Sam Altman, only to potentially invite him back for an encore. Picture this: One minute, Altman's leading the AI charge, the next, he's out on his ear, with the board's fingers still twitching on the trigger. But wait—plot twist! Now there's chatter about a grand return. It's as if the board's playing a high-stakes game of "Simon Says" with company leadership.
And while Altman plays hard to get, citing "ambivalence" and the desire for governance reforms (read: less boardroom bickering, more chess with AI), OpenAI seems to be experiencing a case of 'separation anxiety'. Staffers are threatening to exit stage left, Microsoft's doing its best impression of Switzerland, and the research folks might just be staging a silent (but deadly) coup.
The board, meanwhile, is waffling harder than a breakfast joint on Sunday morning, missing deadlines like they're going out of style. If Altman does decide to ghost them, he might just take the OpenAI dream team with him to the next big thing—leaving the board to explain why they're suddenly playing solitaire.
So grab your popcorn, folks. In this saga of tech coup, the only thing we know for sure is that OpenAI's boardroom has more drama than a Netflix series. Stay tuned for the next episode.
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