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00:00 It's been a whirlwind week at OpenAI, which created the popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
00:05 Five days ago, the artificial intelligence company sacked their pioneering founder, Sam
00:10 Altman, who was quickly hired by Microsoft.
00:13 Then, on Wednesday, OpenAI reversed course and welcomed Altman back as CEO.
00:19 On Monday evening, nearly 700 of the California startup's 770 employees had threatened to
00:25 resign if Altman did not return.
00:28 The mutineering staff included OpenAI co-founder Ilya Suskever, a board member who had been
00:34 instrumental in Altman's ouster.
00:37 The reasoning behind the dismissal remains murky, but people familiar with the company
00:41 said Suskever had been concerned with protecting the public from the potential harms of artificial
00:46 intelligence.
00:47 This clashed with the vision of Altman, who had been pushing to bring products to market
00:51 more quickly and sell them for profit.
00:55 Altman said Wednesday that he was happy to return to OpenAI and would work to strengthen
00:59 its partnership with Microsoft.
01:02 As part of the negotiations behind Altman's return, OpenAI will have a new board of directors.
01:07 Only one of the four members will be re-elected.