Sam Altman Fired as OpenAI CEO, Joins Microsoft?

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Nov 20, 2023•37 min

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Sam Altman Has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, joining Microsoft this morning and sending the internet into a spiral. Here's everything you need to know about what went down and what it all means for the world.

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00:00 What Happened? https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1725611900262588813?s=20 https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition https://x.com/sama/status/1725631621511184771?s=20 https://x.com/gdb/status/1725736242137182594?s=20

06:25 OpenAI Board Members https://twitter.com/ilyasut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://twitter.com/adamdangelo?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tasha-mccauley-wikipedia-joseph-gordon-levitt-wife-ali-raza-3gsbf/?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_more-articles_related-content-card https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/helen-toner/

11:59 The New CEO https://x.com/eshear/status/1726526112019382275?s=20 https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1726484049664057789?s=20 https://x.com/EffMktHype/status/1726558177028935770?s=20 https://x.com/Jason/status/1726492873775079807?s=20