On Wednesday, Sam Altman was reinstated as CEO of OpenAI after 72 hours of turmoil. But even as the dust settles at the AI firm, a new report by Reuters suggests that the justification of Altman’s removal—that he was “not forthcoming”—may have to do with OpenAI reaching a major milestone in the push towards artificial general intelligence (AGI).
According to the news agency, sources familiar with the situation said researchers sent a letter to the OpenAI board of directors warning of a new AI discovery that could threaten humanity, which then prompted the board to remove Altman from his leadership position.
My prediction is that a few weeks ago the team at OpenAI demoed either a machine that showed consciousness or AGI and Sam didn’t immediately tell the board and their feelings were hurt. pic.twitter.com/IUDcHiIwIU
— Dan Siroker (@dsiroker) November 18, 2023
These unnamed sources told Reuters that OpenAI CTO Mira Murati told employees that the breakthrough, described as “Q Star” or “(Q*),” was the reason for the move against Altman, which was made without participation from board chairman Greg Brockman, who resigned from OpenAI in protest.
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