OpenAI brings Sam Altman back as CEO less than a week after he was fired by board

jayandp@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.world – 383 points –
OpenAI brings Sam Altman back as CEO less than a week after he was fired by board
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There were some rumours that he was pushing the commercial side too fast, potentially ignoring ethical issues. Given Altmans lobbying against AI regulation in the EU I find that plausible.

Since now apparently the investors won it proves that the special structure of for-profit owned by non-profit intended to keep them honest does not work - and we urgently need to have regulation in place, as self-regulation does not work.

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