Sam Altman breaks silence on OpenAI sack

Sam Altman, the embattled sacked CEO of OpenAI, has finally broken his silence since his dismissal by the company’s management.

The former CEO took to social media on Saturday to express gratitude for the opportunity to serve in the AI company.

The statement read: “i loved my time at openai. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people. will have more to say about what’s next later.”

i loved my time at openai. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people.

will have more to say about what’s next later.

🫡

— Sam Altman (@sama) November 17, 2023

The ChatGPT’s parent company had fired Sam Altman on Friday, citing lack of confidence in his leadership of the company.

“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the announcement said.

Meanwhile, Alex Cohen, another staff who work under Altman has also been dismissed by the board.

Reacting to his dismissal on X, formerly known as Twitter, Cohen revealed that his boss dismissal would push companies using OpenAI’s products to seek alternatives.

Every startup that built their AI products exclusively using OpenAI’s APIs is now looking at alternatives

— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) November 18, 2023

Pitching to the public to refer him to new roles in the industry, Cohen revealed that during his stint with OpenAI, he handled the company’s presentations.

I was laid off from OpenAI today along with my boss Sam.

I was the person in charge of putting together the presentations for our board meetings.

No one has told me why I was let go but Sam texted me “wtf” and next thing I know my Slack and Gmail were disabled.

I’m now…

— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) November 17, 2023

In an updated post, Cohen announced securing a new job as lead AI researcher at roofer, a drone and AI specialist company.

Update: thank you for all who have reached out.

I have humbly accepted a new role as lead AI researcher at https://t.co/DXnlRq6nQh

Excited for what’s next 🥹

— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) November 17, 2023

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