'Black Twitter' asks 'What if Sam Altman were a Black woman?' in the wake of ouster

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Sam Altman and Dr. Timnit Gebru

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Yes, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI's CEO, but we still have lots of unanswered questions

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

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OpenAI staff warned board of AI breakthrough before Sam Altman was fired, report says

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Ilya Sutskever did not attend OpenAI's party celebrating Sam Altman's return as CEO

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Ilya Sutskever regrets his involvement in ousting Sam Altman

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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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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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