OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot ChatGPT that triggered the global AI craze, suddenly dropped the world-shaking news yesterday (18th), announcing that the company’s CEO and co-founder Sam Altman was fired from the board of directors !
However, what was unexpected was that the plot took a turn the next day. The OpenAI board of directors actually discussed letting Altman return to the company to continue as CEO. Earlier, Sam Altman also expressed his true feelings on X (original Twitter): "I love the OpenAI team very much...", which seemed to imply that a return is expected.
Worldcoin$WLD surged nearly 30%
After the news that it is expected to return came out, the token of another encryption project Worldcoin founded by Altman - 20232023202320232023-1 - also began to show skyrocketing prices, rising from US$1.9 to a maximum of US$2.42, an increase of more than 30%, as of deadline , tentatively reported at $2.31.
It is worth mentioning that WLD fell by more than 13% on the day OpenAI fired Altman. Although there are reports that Altman is a board member of Worldcoin and is not involved in "day-to-day" operations, it is clear that the price movement of the token is extremely correlated with Altman's dynamics.
It is understood that Worldcoin raised US$115 million in Series C financing led by Blockchain Capital in May, and the current total token market value is US$2.66 billion.
Extended reading: After being kicked out of OpenAI, will Worldcoin become Sam Altman’s next career focus?
Sam Altman: A decision may be made by Saturday night local time
According to "The Information", people familiar with the matter revealed that after some major investors urged the OpenAI board of directors to reverse the decision to fire Sam Altman, Sam Altman said that a decision on whether to return to OpenAI may be made as early as Saturday night local time. The result may be available later in Taiwan time.
However, Sam Altman said that in order to return, OpenAI must replace board members, otherwise he will choose to launch a new artificial intelligence enterprise.
OpenAI's current board of directors consists of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, former GeoSim Systems CEO Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology Strategy Director Helen Toner, with former CTO Mira Murati taking over as interim CEO. position.
