The board of directors of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, among other things, fired co-founder and current director Sam Altman.

According to the board, Altman “was not consistently forthright in his communications with the board, which hindered the board’s ability to carry out its responsibilities.” The board did not cite any examples and Altman himself was also vague about his departure. He said at X that he loved his time at OpenAI and announced that he would soon hear more about his future plans.

OpenAI has been temporarily taken over by Mira Moratti. She was already the Director of Technical Affairs within the company.

Altman founded OpenAI in 2015 with Tesla founder Elon Musk and Amazon Web Services, part of Amazon, among others. Under his leadership, ChatGPT was launched last year. This has led to a tremendous growth in interest in artificial intelligence.

the edge He describes Altman’s departure as very sudden. Altman was the face of the company. Last week, he spoke extensively at OpenAI’s first major developer event.

In addition to Altman’s resignation, OpenAI also announced that another co-founder, Greg Brockman, will step down as chairman of the board. He will remain active within the company.