OpenAI co-founder and board director Ilya Sutskever told staff Sunday night that Emmett Shear, co-founder of video streaming site Twitch, will take over as interim CEO, the Information reported, and that Sam Altman would not be returning to the CEO role he was ousted from Friday.
Altman was fired from the $29 billion startup he cofounded after the company claimed Altman “was not consistently candid” with the board, but did not provide specific details. OpenAI also stripped co-founder and president Greg Brockman of his chairman title as part of the leadership change, though the company said he would remain in his operational role. Brockman quit hours later, seemingly in support of Altman.
