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Sam Altman, the now former CEO and public face of OpenAI, is out, effective immediately.

In addition, Altman will be removed from the board of directors.

Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day

Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day

The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

And, of course, sharing the stage with Satya Nadella, CEO of long-time partner Microsoft.

A year ago, the CEO of OpenAI being fired would barely have been a story.

Microsoft Copilot prerelease 2023

For those of us using Copilot and ChatGPT, it’s business as usual.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a keynote at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference

Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on stage

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled "Transforming Business through AI" in Tokyo, Japan, on February 03, 2025.

Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs

Claude AI app by Anthropic is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.

Microsoft 365 Copilot rebrand for Microsoft Office

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.

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