--- title: OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new... description: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was not fired because of scary new tech, but due to a breakdown in trust between him and the board of directors. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-ceo-altman-wasn-t-fired-because-of-scary-new-tech-just-internal-politics-iapk1dftl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was not fired because of scary new tech, but due to a breakdown in trust between him and the board of directors. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-ceo-altman-wasn-t-fired-because-of-scary-new-tech-just-internal-politics-iapk1dftl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IaPK1DfTL.png og:image:alt: OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was not fired because of scary new tech, but due to a breakdown in trust between him and the board of directors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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