#Sam Altman
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Last year, OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, only to appoint him back to the position a couple of days later. Now, some more details from ex-OpenAI board members, Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, have revealed the actual reasons behind Altman's firing and that has understandably raised some big concerns in the community. From "psychological abuse" to secrecy and lies, Altman has been accused of it all by the ex-board members.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Is Raising Money to Set Up AI Chip Factories
Sagnik Das Gupta
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According to a new Bloomberg report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking to raise in billions to establish his own network of AI chip factories. He predicts that industry-leading foundries like TSMC, Intel and Samsung will not be able to support the needs of AI technologies in the future. So, as per the report, he is already in active discussions with investors like G42 and SoftBank Group, with funding requirements from G42 alone revolving around $8 billion or more.
Arjun Sha
We recap the events of Sam Altman's ousting from OpenAI and his return to the company within a week. Chaos ensued when OpenAI revealed on November 18 that Sam Altman has been fired. This was followed by Greg Brockman quitting OpenAI. Then, we learned former Twitch CEO Emmet Shear was hired as the interim OpenAI CEO and Sam Altman was moving to Microsoft to set up a new AI research division. Now, on November 22, Altman has been reinstated as the OpenAI CEO with a new board.