ChatGPT Maker Fires CEO, Here's Why
Sam Altman during his visit to Indonesia. Photo: Aisyah Kamaliah/detikINET
- OpenAI fired Sam Altman from the position of CEO and his position was temporarily filled by Mira Murati who was previously chief technology officer.
In his blog post, the creator of ChatGPT will look for someone else to occupy the position left by Altman permanently. OpenAI declined to comment further beyond this post.
"Altman's departure followed a review process by the board of directors, which concluded that he was inconsistent in communicating with the board of directors, thereby hampering his ability to carry out his responsibilities," wrote OpenAI in an official blog post.
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"The board of directors has no confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI," he continued.
Apart from that, OpenAI also said that Greg Brockman, one of the founders and president of OpenAI, resigned from the position of chairman of the board of directors, although he remains within OpenAI. In his post on X, Brockman admitted to resigning after hearing "today's news."
"After learning of today's news, this is the message I sent to the OpenAI team," wrote Brockman while posting a screenshot of his resignation message to OpenAI.
Before being fired, Altman was raising funding to focus on 'hard tech'. However, it is not known whether this was the reason for Altman's dismissal, as quoted by detikINET from The Verge, Saturday (18/11/2023).
"I've loved my time working at OpenAI. It's been transformative for me personally, and hopefully can change the world a little. But what I like most is working with talented people," wrote Altman on his X account.
The news of Altman's dismissal was very sudden and interesting because he has always been the face of OpenAI, especially since OpenAI has made AI developments very interesting since they released ChatGPT in 2022.
Altman also just opened OpenAI's first DevDay conference, where they announced a number of major updates to be able to compete with big technology companies like Microsoft and Google.
After these firings, Microsoft -- which invested billions of dollars in OpenAI -- said it would continue to work with OpenAI. "We have a long-standing relationship with OpenAI and Microsoft will be committed to Mira and its team as we bring this new era of AI to our consumers," Microsoft wrote in a statement.
Pembuat ChatGPT Pecat CEO, Ini Penyebabnya
Sam Altman saat berkunjung ke Indonesia. Foto: Aisyah Kamaliah/detikINET
- OpenAI memecat Sam Altman dari posisi CEO dan posisinya sementara diisi oleh Mira Murati yang sebelumnya menjadi chief technology officer.
Dalam postingan blognya, pembuat ChatGPT itu akan mencari orang lain untuk menempati posisi yang ditinggalkan Altman itu secara permanen. Pihak OpenAI menolak berkomentar lebih lanjut di luar postingan tersebut.
"Kepergian Altman dilakukan setelah proses peninjauan oleh dewan direksi, yang menyimpulkan kalau ia tidak konsisten dalam berkomunikasi dengan dewan direksi, sehingga menghambat kemampuan dalam melakukan tanggung jawabnya," tulis OpenAI dalam postingan blog resmi.
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"Dewan direksi tak punya keyakinan dalam kemampuannya untuk melanjutkan memimpin OpenAI," lanjutnya.
Selain itu OpenAI juga menyebut Greg Brockman, salah satu pendiri dan presiden OpenAI, mengundurkan diri dari posisi chairman dewan direksi, meski tetap berada di dalam OpenAI. Dalam postingannya di X, Brockman mengaku mengundurkan diri setelah mendengar "berita hari ini".
"Setelah mengetahui berita hari ini, ini adalah pesan yang saya kirimkan ke tim OpenAI," tulis Brockman sembari memposting screenshot pesan pengunduran dirinya ke OpenAI.
Sebelum dipecat, Altman tengah menggalang pendanaan untuk berfokus pada 'hard tech'. Namun tak diketahui apakah hal ini yang menjadi alasan pemecatan Altman, demikian dikutip detikINET dari The Verge, Sabtu (18/11/2023).
"Saya menyukai selama saya bekerja di OpenAI. Ini transformatif untuk saya pribadi, dan harapannya bisa sedikit mengubah dunia. Namun yang saya paling suka adalah bekerja dengan orang-orang bertalenta," tulis Altman di akun X-nya.
Kabar pemecatan Altman ini sangat mendadak dan menjadi menarik karena ia selama ini adalah wajah OpenAI, terutama sejak OpenAI membuat perkembangan AI menjadi sangat menarik sejak mereka merilis ChatGPT tahun 2022 lalu.
Altman juga baru membuka konferensi DevDay pertama OpenAI, dimana mereka mengumumkan sejumlah pembaruan besar untuk bisa bersaing dengan perusahaan teknologi besar seperti Microsoft dan Google.
Setelah pemecatan ini, Microsoft -- yang berinvestasi miliaran dolar di OpenAI -- mengaku akan terus bekerja sama dengan OpenAI. "Kami punya kerja sama panjang dengan OpenAI dan Microsoft akan berkomitmen pada Mira dan timnya seiring dengan kami membawa era baru AI ini ke konsumen kami," tulis Microsoft dalam pernyataannya.