Sam Altman’s message to OpenAI’s ousted board as he returns as CEO

Sam Altman on Wednesday returned as the CEO of OpenAI, ending a crisis that began with his November 17 termination by the board of directors. After his return, the board that fired him was almost entirely replaced after a rebellion by employees. The only member who helped fire Altman – Adam D’Angelo, CEO of question-and-answer site Quora – has been retained in the boardroom.

As Altman returned, he wrote a message to the ousted members of the board in a blog post:

To OpenAI’s ousted AI scientist Ilya Sutskever – who joined in the effort to fire Altman but later signed an employee letter demanding his return – Altman said that he “loves and respects Ilya”.