{"id":36658,"date":"2023-11-23T01:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/news\/sam-altmans-ouster-at-openai-precipitated-by-letter-to-board-about-ai-breakthrough-sources-tell-reuters\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:05:00","slug":"sam-altmans-ouster-at-openai-precipitated-by-letter-to-board-about-ai-breakthrough-sources-tell-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=36658","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman&#8217;s ouster at OpenAI precipitated by letter to board about AI breakthrough, sources tell Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Ahead of OpenAI CEO\u00a0Sam Altman&#8217;s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm was a catalyst that caused the board to oust Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. Before\u00a0his triumphant return\u00a0late Tuesday, more than 700 employees had threatened to quit and join backer <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-5\">Microsoft<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in solidarity with their fired leader.<\/p>\n<p>The sources cited the letter as one factor among a longer list of grievances by the board that led to Altman&#8217;s firing. Reuters was unable to review a copy of the letter. The researchers who wrote the letter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to one of the sources, long-time executive Mira Murati told employees on Wednesday that a letter about the AI breakthrough called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), precipitated the board&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>The maker of ChatGPT had made progress on Q*, which some internally believe could be a breakthrough in the startup&#8217;s search for superintelligence, also known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), one of the people told Reuters. OpenAI defines AGI as AI systems that are smarter than humans.<\/p>\n<p>Given vast computing resources, the new model was able to solve certain mathematical problems, the person said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on behalf of the company. Though only performing math on the level of grade-school students, acing such tests made researchers very optimistic about Q*&#8217;s future success, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not independently verify the capabilities of Q* claimed by the researchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/11\/22\/sam-altmans-ouster-at-openai-precipitated-by-letter-to-board-about-ai-breakthrough-sources-tell-reuters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of OpenAI CEO\u00a0Sam Altman&#8217;s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. 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