Your Shortcut to... Sam Altman and OpenAI

Internal troubles at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, have led to its high profile CEO Sam Altman being sacked – followed by scrambled efforts by investors to reappoint him. It's a messy corporate story with consequences for AI and one of the world's most important tech companies.

Squiz recommends:

Reading: The New Yorker profile on Altman, from back in 2016.

Listening: Our Squiz Shortcut on artificial intelligence from June, if you want to get your head around the basics.

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