Sam Altman · OpenAI · Microsoft · Apple · Elon Musk · Mira Murati · The Verge
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
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The former OpenAI CTO had receipts.
Key facts
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap opera moment
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT maker
Throughout it all, one unassuming character seemed to be everywhere at once: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati
At first, she was made interim CEO, before immediately ceding the position to outsider Emmett Shear
Summary
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap opera moment. It was a unique situation in that the roller coaster of a power play, which seemed to change every hour, took place, in many ways, publicly. Throughout it all, one unassuming character seemed to be everywhere at once: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Murati had publicly supported Altman’s reinstatement and posted online in favor of him returning to his role at the company. On November 16th, 2023, four members of OpenAI’s board of directors, Toner, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D’Angelo, and Tasha McCauley that the company’s top-cited goal was to generate $100 million in revenue, and that Altman’s position was that “it didn’t matter how we got to this number, we needed to get there.” Murati also said that one of the top proposed solutions for Altman to remedy these issues would be to “get informed” and use official channels to bring up proposed changes.