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- Sam Altman was pushed out OpenAI CEO Friday in a move that shocked the tech community.
- While it's still unclear why Altman was fired, the wild success of ChatGPT may be partly to blame.
- Sources told The Atlantic pressure to commercialize ChatGPT created divisions among leadership.
Sam Altman is out of OpenAI, the company he cofounded and helped turn into a leading AI lab.