OpenAI’s interim Chief Executive Officer Mira Murati is reportedly planning to re-hire her ousted predecessor Sam Altman and former President Greg Brockman.
It was, however, not clear in what capacities the two will be brought back to the new tech major.
Murati, who was installed on Friday after the board fired Altman, is negotiating with Adam D’Angelo, the CEO of Quora Inc., who is acting as a representative of the OpenAI board, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.
Brockman, who was also a board member, quit in protest hours after Altman’s departure.
Meanwhile, Altman and Brockman joined executives at the company’s San Francisco, California headquarters on Sunday, November 19, after being invited by Murati, tech news site The Information.
Altman posted an image of himself at the company’s HQ holding a guest ID pass with the caption, “First and last time i ever wear one of these.”
The Information report, citing two unnamed people familiar with the talks, said if Altman returns to OpenAI, Microsoft, the AI company’s biggest backer, would consider taking a role on the board.
The tech giant could either take a seat on OpenAI’s board of directors or as a board observer without voting power, The Information’s report added.
Leadership shake-up at OpenAI: Altman departs
The company behind the popular generative AI chatbot ChatGPT released a statement about Altman’s ouster and said he was under a formal review and that he had hidden information from the company board and was fired after the board decided that they had lost confidence in him.
“Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” said OpenAI.
The statement said the board was “grateful for Sam’s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI.
“At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward,” the company statement said.
Altman’s ouster has angered current and former employees amid concerns about how an upcoming $86 billion share sale could be affected by the sudden management upheaval, reported Reuters.
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