Sam Altman.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
  • Sam Altman doesn't want people to dwell on his brief firing from OpenAI last year.
  • When asked about the incident, Altman likened his firing to a "soap opera."
  • Altman previously said that getting ousted was "unbelievably painful."

Sam Altman would rather not talk about his brief firing from OpenAI.

Altman and his company's vice president of global affairs, Anna Makanju, were speaking to Bloomberg's Brad Stone in Davos on Monday.