OpenAI, emerging from the ashes, has a lot to prove even with Sam Altman’s return
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/openai-emerging-from-the-ashes-has-a-lot-to-prove-even-with-sam-altmans-return/
The OpenAI power struggle that captivated the tech world after co-founder Sam Altman was fired has finally reached its end — at least for the time being. But what to make of it?
It feels almost as though some eulogizing is called for — like OpenAI died and a new, but not necessarily improved, startup stands in its midst. Ex-Y Combinator president Altman is back at the helm, but is his return justified? OpenAI’s new board of directors is getting off to a less diverse start (i.e. it’s entirely white and male), and the company’s founding philanthropic aims are in jeopardy of being co-opted by more capitalist interests.