https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvj3j4/sam-altman-out-at-openai-effective-immediately > For much of the last two years, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had looked poised to dominate the technology world for the coming decade—the AI era’s Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg. > But in a news release that can only be described as completely shocking, ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced on Friday afternoon that Altman would be departing the company “effective immediately,” after a “deliberative review” of his past communication, meaning he will no longer serve as CEO or  be on the board.