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  • Published: Nov 20 2023 04:56 PM
  • Last Updated: May 16 2025 06:17 PM

Sam Altman, CEO and Co-Founder of OpenAI, has been ousted from his position. Altman has expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support and is expected to launch a new artificial intelligence venture


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The Biggest AI revolution of all time, firm OpenAI gave us another shocking news when on Friday, it was revealed that its CEO and Co-Founder Sam Altman has been pushed out from his position. 

The news surprised everyone, including Microsoft, OpenAI's largest investor, who only learned about it a minute before it was made public.

A review found that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the firm’s board of directors. Ever since launched in public chat GPT by Open AI became the fastest growing product which thrusted the for-profit subsidiary of Open AI to a valuation of about $80 billion.

Responding to this big news, Sam Altman took his message to the platform X and expressed his gratitude in the following words,

i love you all.

today was a weird experience in many ways. but one unexpected one is that it has been sorta like reading your own eulogy while you’re still alive. the outpouring of love is awesome.

one takeaway: go tell your friends how great you think they are.

— Sam Altman (@sama) November 18, 2023

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The world was taken back by curiosity with the same question in every heart about what next plans Altman has. Well, According to sources, he has been telling investors that he intends to launch a new artificial intelligence venture, and Former OpenAI president Greg Brockman is expected to join the effort.

It's difficult not to draw parallels between this and Steve Jobs being forced out of Apple in 1985. However, in some ways, this is more significant. Altman had become the face of, and the most influential voice in, the push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses.  

Amid speculation about Sam Altman being rehired by Open AI, it was recently revealed that Sam Altman joined Microsoft on Monday, just days after being fired as CEO.

Announcing Altman's appointment, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X,“We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners".

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