On November 17, 2023, the board of directors of OpenAI rock, with the removal of a sudden the bashkëthemeluesit and CEO Sam Altman. The event raised the question many, taking into account the success of the unprecedented of the ChatGPT, chatbot is the one overseeing the self-Altman.
The point of view of Helen Toner, a former member of the Board of Directors of OpenAI
Helen Toner, a former member of the board of OpenAI, gave his point of view on the events that led to the distrust of the Altman during an interview at the podkastin you Said IT. IT Show. According to Toner, the board decided to act behind the back of the Altman in order to prevent this, the last of which undermine the board, and to prevent the discharge of his own.
Toner listing some of the reasons that prompted the board to lose the trust of Altman, including the failure to detect a property of the fund, the inception of OpenAI, and the information is inaccurate, to be given with regard to the safety and security of the company. Further, the Toner is claiming that she was personally targeted by the Altman after it published a paper research of zemëroi it.
The two leaders spoke directly to the board, describing the atmosphere toxic to the OpenAI and the accused Altman of “psychological abuse”, and manipulation. To start the ChatGPT in November 2022, was quoted as an example of the lack of oversight of the board of the company, as the members were not informed in advance. “We have learned to ChatGPT on Twitter,” said Toner.
Return Altman
Despite the dismissal, Altman was able to return to the top of the OpenAI, thanks to the support of the employees and the investors, the key to Microsoft. Toner noted that before the election the drastic removal of Altman, or the collapse of OpenAI, many workers ended up having supported the restoration of the CEO's departure, in order to save the company. The ex-employee also said that the more they were afraid of going up against a Altman, and had a look at it, to send to the other employees in the past.
Further, the Toner, said that Altman has already had a history of questionable ahead of OpenAI; and he was discharged from the Y Combinator, and when the led start in the Loopt, the management had asked the board to give the two time to fraudulent behavior, and chaotic.
Therefore, the removal of the Altman was not due to a specific issue by the board of OpenAI, but with a history of prior to the adoption of the suspects, who had already sent in his dismissal from the company to the other, according to the Toner.
The response of the current president of the board of
Bret Taylor, the chair shall present to the board of OpenAI, and expressed his disappointment that the Toner, it continues to raise this issue. A panel of independent and carried out a review of the events of November, reaching the conclusion that the decision of the board of the former is not based on concerns about the safety of the product, accounting and finance, or the allegations of OpenAI. Moreover, more than 95% of the people demanded the restoration of Altman and his resignation from the board of the former.
While OpenAI requires one to move forward and pursue a mission of her own, and this dispute also raises questions about the governance, transparency, and governance within the company, which are forms of the future of artificial intelligence.
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