ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board of directors.
The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI," the artificial intelligence company said in a statement.
Some computer scientists have criticized that focus on far-off risks as distracting from the real-world limitations and harms of current AI products.
Altman's influence drew top AI talent amid fierce competition, enticing engineers from Google, Microsoft, and more, offering a stake in groundbreaking tech.
Altman, 38, active till OpenAI exit, mingled at an AI conference, spoke at APEC amid board deliberations. In an Elon Musk's X post, he praised OpenAI colleagues and teased future plans.
Altman has a number of possible next steps. Even while running OpenAI, he placed large bets on several other ambitious projects.
St. Louis native Altman, briefly at Stanford, continued tech's dropout trend. Beyond OpenAI, he founded an iris-scanning cryptocurrency firm in 2023.
The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement that allows OpenAI access to part of AP's text archives.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether OpenAI violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.