Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI

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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
theverge.com

Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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Not sure how to handle this,

In times of great dishonor, the Samurai would commit seppuku with their sword.

I have half a plastic knife I use on the cat food . . . will that do?