Chaos at OpenAI: What happened to Sam Altman, and what's next

What actually happened at OpenAI in the last three days? Decoder host and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Verge editors Alex Heath and David Pierce to break it down and try to work out what's next.

Further reading:

• Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
• OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear
• OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
• Emmett Shear named new CEO of OpenAI by board
• Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
• Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft
• Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Today’s episode was produced by Liam James, Kate Cox, and Nick Statt. It was edited by Andru Marino. 

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