令人震惊的OpenAI官方公告： openai.com/blog/openai…
Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company.
Search process underway to identify permanent successor.
The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc., the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities, today announced that Sam Altman will depart as CEO and leave the board of directors. Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately.
A member of OpenAI’s leadership team for five years, Mira has played a critical role in OpenAI’s evolution into a global AI leader. She brings a unique skill set, understanding of the company’s values, operations, and business, and already leads the company’s research, product, and safety functions. Given her long tenure and close engagement with all aspects of the company, including her experience in AI governance and policy, the board believes she is uniquely qualified for the role and anticipates a seamless transition while it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO.
Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.
In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam’s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward. As the leader of the company’s research, product, and safety functions, Mira is exceptionally qualified to step into the role of interim CEO. We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.”
OpenAI’s board of directors consists of OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, independent directors Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, technology entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology’s Helen Toner.
As a part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.
OpenAI was founded as a non-profit in 2015 with the core mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. In 2019, OpenAI restructured to ensure that the company could raise capital in pursuit of this mission, while preserving the nonprofit's mission, governance, and oversight. The majority of the board is independent, and the independent directors do not hold equity in OpenAI. While the company has experienced dramatic growth, it remains the fundamental governance responsibility of the board to advance OpenAI’s mission and preserve the principles of its Charter.
翻译内容简单总结：
- OpenAI 的董事会宣布，该公司的首席执行官山姆·阿尔特曼 (Sam Altman) 将离职，董事会成员米拉·穆拉蒂 (Mira Murati) 将担任临时首席执行官。
- 董事会认为，阿尔特曼在与董事会的沟通中不够坦诚，阻碍了董事会履行职责，因此不再对他继续领导 OpenAI 抱有信心。
- 穆拉蒂是 OpenAI 领导团队的一员，已经为公司服务了五年，在公司的研究、产品和安全方面发挥了关键作用。董事会相信她有能力在过渡期间领导公司。
- OpenAI 的董事会由 OpenAI 首席科学家伊利亚·苏茨克维 (Ilya Sutskever)、Quora 首席执行官亚当·德安杰洛 (Adam D'Angelo)、科技企业家塔莎·麦卡利 (Tasha McCauley) 和乔治城大学安全与新兴技术中心的海伦·特纳 (Helen Toner) 组成。
- 作为过渡的一部分，格雷格·布罗克曼 (Greg Brockman) 将辞去董事会主席的职务，但仍将在公司担任职务，向首席执行官汇报。
- OpenAI 成立于 2015 年，最初是一家非营利组织，其核心使命是确保人工智能为全人类带来好处。2019 年，OpenAI 进行了重组，以筹集资金追求这一使命，同时保持非营利组织的使命、治理和监督。董事会的大多数成员是独立的，独立董事不持有 OpenAI 的股权。尽管公司经历了快速增长，但董事会仍有责任推进公司的使命并维护其章程的原则。
