"First And Last Time...": Sam Altman Invited To OpenAI Office, Wears Guest ID Card

Sam Altman will not return as CEO of OpenAI despite efforts from the company's executives to bring him back.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Friday fired its CEO Sam Altman and removed its co-founder Greg Brockman from the board over a "quick" call on Google Meet. However, discussions about Mr Altman's return to the company surfaced over the weekend and he was invited to the company's headquarters on Sunday. Now, as per Reuters, Sam Altman will not return as CEO of OpenAI despite efforts from the company's executives to bring him back. first and last time i ever wear one of these pic.twitter.com/u3iKwyWj0a

Amid this, he posted a picture of himself from the OpenAI headquarters, wearing a guest badge. Sharing the picture, he wrote, "first and last time i ever wear one of these."

According to insiders who asked not to be named since the talks are private, Sam Altman was open to coming back but wanted to see governance changes, including the removal of current board members, as per Bloomberg. They said he also asked for a statement clearing him of any misconduct. The board first agreed in principle to resign after facing tremendous outcry over the removal, but they haven't done so formally as of yet. The directors have been vetting candidates for new directors.