OpenAI Will Add Microsoft as Board Observer, Plans Governance Changes

  • Sam Altman is officially back as CEO of the AI startup
  • Mira Murati will retain her post as chief technology officer
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OpenAI said that Sam Altman was officially reinstated as chief executive officer and that it has a new initial board of directors, with Microsoft Corp. joining as a nonvoting observer.

The announcement Wednesday, a blog post penned by Altman, comes two weeks after the CEO’s shock firing from the artificial intelligence startup, followed by an operatic boardroom power struggle.