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Investing.com–Sam Altman will no longer return as CEO of OpenAI despite executive efforts to rehire him, The Information reported on Monday citing an internal address by co-founder and board director Ilya Sutskever.
The artificial intelligence firm will instead hire streaming site Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear, as interim CEO, according to the report.
The report comes just shortly after other media reports said that OpenAI interim CEO, Mira Murati, intended to rehire Altman, as well as ex-President Greg Brockman.
Altman was seen meeting with OpenAI’s board over the weekend, after he was unexpectedly ousted as the firm’s CEO on Friday. Murati replaced Altman on an interim capacity, with the board seeking new leadership.
Altman had also posted a picture of himself wearing an OpenAI visitors badge on the social media network X, stating that it would be the “first and last time” he would wear the badge.
Reuters had earlier reported that Altman was considering a potential return to OpenAI after his abrupt exit, and was also considering the launch of his own artificial intelligence venture.
His ouster had come as a shock to current and former…
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