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Sam Altman was booted as boss of ChatGPT maker OpenAI over fears he was ignoring DANGERS of artificial intelligence that experts have warned could trigger an apocalypse

Sam Altman was pulled as CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over fears he was flouting the dangers of artificial intelligence, a new report has revealed. Aside from sparking worry amongst the public, this uncertainty was apparently also felt within OpenAI's six-person board, according to The New York Times report - particularly, by one of Altman's cofounders, Ilya Sutskever. Sam Altman, 38, was pulled as CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI Friday over fears he was flouting the dangers of artificial intelligence, according to a new report In a series of interviews, insiders described how one of Altman's cofounders had become concerned about OpenAI’s budding tech prior to the firing. Both women, though, along with D’Angelo, would go on to vote to oust Altman - to the chagrin of fellow board members Jakob Pachocki and Greg Brockman, who both quit in protest of the alleged ambush late Friday night. Founded by Altman and ten others in 2015, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT a year ago - and its ability to mimic human writing has proved polarizing ever since Aside from sparking worry amongst the public, this uncertainty was apparently also felt within OpenAI's six-person board, according to The New York Times report - particularly, by one of Altman's cofounders, Ilya Sutskever Per the report, Sutskever led the charge to have Altman pulled - after successfully swaying fellow board members Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner Both women have ties to movements that have repeatedly voiced a belief that AI, one day, could end up destroying humanity - creating a society that is effectively run by machines Both women went on to oust Altman - to the chagrin of fellow board members Jakob Pachocki and Greg Brockman, who both quit in protest of the alleged ambush late Friday night The Times report also shed some light on the still-shrouded meeting between the board members, during which Altman - hours after appearing publicly on behalf of his company at Thursday’s APEC Summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping - joined via video.

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