Sam Altman returns as CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI: Who said what in this hiring and firing saga

After five-days long dram ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Wednesday, November 22, said that it has reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor , Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo. Late last week, Friday November 17 to be precise, OpenAI board had sacked Altman in a surprise announcement. The board is reported to have fired Altman during a video call.

What OpenAI said on Sam Altman’s return
Sam Altman was reinstated late Tuesday (November 21) as OpenAI’s CEO, successfully reversing his ouster by the company’s board last week after a campaign waged by his allies, employees and investors, the company said. “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo,” OpenAI said in a post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.”