OpenAI ditched the only 2 women on its board. So far, it's replacing them with men.

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Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner.

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Wait, was Sam Altman fired over ... vibes?

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Sam Altman is back — potential bad vibes with the board be damned.

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Sam Altman has returned to OpenAI as CEO, but the details of exactly why the board pushed him out in the first place are still a mystery.

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.

OpenAI board's plan to get rid of Sam Altman really didn't go so well

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Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever and Tasha McCauley are all off the OpenAI board.

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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 is set to return as the CEO of OpenAI

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Sam Altman during the APEC CEO Summit in San Francisco, California.

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Larry Summers and Bret Taylor are joining OpenAI's board as Sam Altman returns

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OpenAI's new board will consist of Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, and Adam D'Angelo.
OpenAI's new board will consist of Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, and Adam D'Angelo.

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Emmett Shear, who ran OpenAI for 72 hours before Sam Altman's return was confirmed, says he's 'deeply pleased' about the news

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Emmett Shear (right) became interim CEO after Sam Altman was ousted.

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Sam Altman was at the F1 race in Las Vegas when he got fired from OpenAI: WSJ

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Sam Altman (left) and F1 Las Vegas (right).
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, published on Tuesday, OpenAI's former CEO Sam Altman was in Las Vegas for the F1 race when he was fired.

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