Why it was so easy for OpenAI's board to fire Sam Altman, one of the most influential CEOs in tech

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OpenAI ousted Sam Altman as CEO on Friday in a surprise move.

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OpenAI employees wanted Bret Taylor to join a new board. He's no longer expected to do so, insiders say.

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Sam Altman kicked off a flood of ❤️ emoji posts from OpenAI executives. Can someone just tell us if he's coming back or not?

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OpenAI's Sam Altman and Mira Murati at an event in October 2023.

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Sam Altman supporters are posting hilarious memes about what it will be like if he returns

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Several users have posted clips of Ari Gold returning to TMA's offices on the television show Entourage as corollary for Altman's return to OpenAI.

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Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd's daily routine: 5:15 a.m wake-ups and dialing into meetings after dropping her son off at school

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3 senior OpenAI researchers resign in the wake of Sam Altman's shock dismissal as CEO, report says

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023.
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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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Tech execs are reportedly 'scrambling' to score a ticket to a dinner with China's president in San Francisco

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with business execs and President Joe Biden to discuss AI and more.

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Slack names longtime Salesforce executive Denise Dresser as new CEO

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff appears at an event in Washington, DC, in 2019.

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Twitch's CEO has been living his own version of the van life

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Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has been traveling the country in his van, meeting with top streamers for their input.

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