Read Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's email to CEO Satya Nadella, president Brad Smith and other C-suite executives on what made OpenAI Board sack Sam Altman
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's email reveals OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ouster stemmed from a clash with board member Ilya Sutskever. Key issues included a dispute over GPU allocation between research and applied teams, and Sutskever's discomfort with researcher Jakub Pachocki's promotion to lead model development. This internal discord ultimately led to Altman's firing.
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's email reveals OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ouster stemmed from a clash with board member Ilya Sutskever. Key issues included a dispute over GPU allocation between research and applied teams, and Sutskever's discomfort with researcher Jakub Pachocki's promotion to lead model development. This internal discord ultimately led to Altman's firing.
