CEO crisis at OpenAI resolved

The CEO crisis that has been ongoing in recent days at the artificial intelligence company OpenAI has been resolved. In a statement made via the company's X account, it was stated that an agreement in principle had been reached for Altman's return as CEO. While Bret Taylor was appointed as chair of the new board of directors, Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo also joined the board. On Friday, the company had announced that Altman's tenure as CEO had ended. The company later announced that former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear had been appointed as the new CEO. While Altman's dismissal caused a major stir, the company's investors, led by Microsoft, reacted to this decision. Company employees had also stated that they might leave the company following Altman's dismissal. After the crisis, negotiations for a return began between the company and Altman after some time. A source speaking to Bloomberg had said that the negotiations also included some of OpenAI's investors and that many of them were pressuring for a return to the status quo. One of the sources had stated that in one of the scenarios discussed, Altman would be an executive on the interim board.