© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Sam Altman, CEO of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and creator of ChatGPT, speaks during a talk at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Photo archive
(Reuters) – Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former president Greg Brockman joined executives at the company’s San Francisco headquarters on Sunday after interim CEO Mira Murati told staff that invited Altman, The Information reported Sunday.
Altman is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot even as he considers launching a new artificial intelligence (ai) company, Reuters reported on Sunday. On Friday, the company’s board of directors fired Altman, who to many was the human face of generative ai, sending shockwaves through the tech industry.
OpenAI declined to comment to Reuters on the details of The Information’s report.
Altman posted an image of himself wearing an OpenAI guest badge on messaging platform
Altman’s firing angered current and former employees and worried them about how an upcoming $86 billion stock sale could be affected by the sudden management upheaval.
Former OpenAI president and co-founder Brockman also arrived at the office on Sunday, The Information reported. Brockman had left the board as chairman as part of the management change and announced Friday that he was resigning from the company.
