OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman has resigned from the company after its board announced the ouster of CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI said CEO Sam Altman was pushed out after a review found he was not “consistently candid in his communications with the board.” The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI, the company said in a statement on Friday.
Brockman announced his resignation on social media just hours after the exit of Sam Altman, which sent shockwaves through the tech industry.
“I’m super proud of what we’ve all built together since starting in my apartment 8 years ago,” Brockman wrote in a statement shared on X. “We’ve been through tough & great times together, accomplishing so much despite all the reasons it should have been impossible. But based on today’s news, I quit.”
“Genuinely wishing you all nothing but the best. I continue to believe in the mission of creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity,” he added.
After learning today’s news, this is the message I sent to the OpenAI team: https://t.co/NMnG16yFmm pic.twitter.com/8x39P0ejOM— Greg Brockman (@gdb) November 18, 2023
OpenAI has elevated CTO Mira Murati to the position of interim CEO as it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO.
The announcement blindsided many employees who discovered the abrupt management shuffle from an internal announcement and the company's public facing blog.
Backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft, OpenAI kicked off the generative AI craze last November by releasing its ChatGPT chatbot, which became one of the world's fastest-growing software applications.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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