How Sam Altman's shock OpenAI firing could shake-up the Big Tech pecking order
The abrupt removal — and possible return — of the OpenAI CEO leaves more questions than answers. But one thing seems clear: Microsoft has more at stake from it than anyone else.
Sam Altman’s sudden removal as CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street this weekend. It’s a plot twist in the unfolding artificial intelligence story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.
We’ve seen brutal coups in the tech industry before: the move is being compared to Steve Jobs’ ouster from Apple in 1985. But Apple was not the fastest growing company in the world when that happened.
In a statement late on Friday (US time), the OpenAI board announced the move to part ways with Altman, with Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, elevated to interim CEO, effective immediately.
The move has created more questions than answers, but a picture is starting to emerge of what went down, and what the ultimate implications of it may be.
