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title: "OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-ceo-altman-wasn-t-fired-because-of-scary-new-tech-just-internal-politics-iapk1dftl
source_url: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009160
type: article
source: "Ars Technica"
published: 2024-03-11T16:16:25.024Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z
tags: ["ai", "machine-learning", "llm", "chatgpt", "openai", "gpt", "ethical-ai", "ai-safety"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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