OpenAI board stands by decision to force Sam Altman out of CEO role

San Francisco: The board of directors at OpenAI, the high-flying artificial intelligence startup, stood by its decision to push out its former CEO Sam Altman, according to an internal memo sent to the company’s staff Sunday night.

OpenAI named Emmett Shear, a former executive at Twitch, as the new interim CEO, pushing aside Mira Murati, a longtime OpenAI executive who was named interim CEO after Altman’s ouster. The board said Shear has a “unique mix of skills, expertise and relationships that will drive OpenAI forward,” according to the memo viewed by The New York Times.