OpenAI employees reportedly celebrated Sam Altman's return with a smoke machine-filled party that triggered the fire alarm and 2 fire trucks

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The Wall Street Journal reports the OpenAI board pushed out Altman for always getting his way, but couldn't give an example.

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Sam Altman Is So Back at OpenAI, but Its Board Is So Not Back

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Sam Altman was reinstated as OpenAI’s Chief Executive Officer late on Tuesday night. The board that fired Sam Altman due to a lack of confidence, just four days ago, was largely replaced with profiteering veterans Larry Summers and Bret Taylor.

Microsoft was preparing its San Francisco offices with MacBooks and HR on standby to welcome defecting OpenAI employees, then Sam Altman rejoined as CEO

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Microsoft was prepping LinkedIn's offices in San Francisco for an influx of OpenAI defectors.

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Sam Altman will run OpenAI no matter what, so it's time for the board to come clean

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Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

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OpenAI staff are putting their visas at risk to get Sam Altman back as CEO

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the company's board on Friday.

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Silicon Valley agrees that Satya Nadella is winning

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is living his best life.

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Emmett Shear's old tweet about interning at Microsoft might come back to haunt him

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Emmett Shear tweeted in July about his time interning at Microsoft.
Emmett Shear tweeted in July about his time interning at Microsoft.

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OpenAI's new CEO once compared working for Microsoft to selling his soul. It'll now be his biggest investor.

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Emmett Shear, the new interim CEO of OpenAI.

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The 'Magnificent 7' tech stocks add $150 billion of market cap in a day, with Microsoft leading the charge as investors zero in on the OpenAI psychodrama

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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Satya Nadella says OpenAI should've 'consulted' Microsoft before firing Sam Altman

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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