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Fortune
Alyson Shontell

The OpenAI saga isn't over—here's how Sam Altman could still return

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks to the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Credit: Kevin Dietsch—Getty Images)

Around 3:00 am ET this morning, the 48-hour OpenAI saga seemed to wrap. After his shocking firing on Friday, ousted CEO Sam Altman spent a long weekend fruitlessly negotiating with OpenAI's four remaining board members along with Greg Brockman, the former chairman of the board, and Microsoft. A few hours before Monday's market open, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put an end to the shenanigans.

He announced that he had hired Altman and Brockman to run an AI research group at Microsoft. OpenAI presented a new interim CEO, Twitch cofounder Emmett Shear.

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