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VCs weigh in on the chaos unfolding at OpenAI, rallying behind ousted CEO Sam Altman: 'I hope the board can get its act together'

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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  • OpenAI's board ousted Sam Altman, its chief executive, on Friday.
  • The news shocked Silicon Valley. Many VCs expressed support for Altman.
  • Now, OpenAI may be trying to hire him back.

VCs this weekend have one message for Sam Altman — we're with you.

Fear that AI could one day destroy humanity may have led to Sam Altman's (potentially brief) ouster from OpenAI

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Sam Altman (left) and Ilya Sutskever (right) may have had differences on how to balance AI innovation with regulation.

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The most surprising detail of Altman's ouster might be the fact that OpenAI fired him over a Google Meet call

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Altman and Brockman were informed about their dismissal via Google Meet.
Altman and Brockman were informed about their dismissal via Google Meet.

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The tech community says Altman's ouster is a 'hostile takeover' and a 'coup.' Here's what we know.

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Sam Altman, now the former CEO of OpenAI, was ousted in what some call a "coup."

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A Stability executive quit after saying that generative AI 'exploits creators.' It could spell trouble for AI companies.

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Stability AI has argued that it should be able to train its AI on copyrighted works without permission from creators.

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Mira Murati is OpenAI's new interim CEO. Here's what we know about the exec who replaces Sam Altman.

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Mira Murati is the new interim CEO of OpenAI, effective immediately, according to the company's board of directors, which announced Sam Altman was out as CEO.

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Just to be clear, we have no idea why Sam Altman is out at OpenAI

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Sam Altman, who is Open AI CEO no more after the board announced it had lost confidence in him.

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Sam Altman out as OpenAI CEO after board loses confidence in him

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OpenAI's Sam Altman steps down as CEO of the company.

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A stressed out rookie lawyer says he got fired after he used ChatGPT to do his job

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A 29-year-old lawyer claims he got fired after he used ChatGPT to write a motion filled with errors.

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Marketers have an important role to play in how AI serves society, according to the CMO of Indeed

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AI is changing how marketing jobs work.

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