【动向】硅谷·甄嬛传迎来大结局？4天换了4个CEO后，ChatGPT员工喜迎前老板回宫……

谁能想到，OpenAI的“宫斗大戏”最新反转又双叒来了！？

就在周三下午（美东时间11月22日凌晨1点），OpenAI 突然宣布，上周五被解雇的Sam Altman 将重新担任首席执行官。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

是的。。这满打满算还不到5天之间，Altman 就王者归来了。。

与此同时，之前一起离职的OpenAI 联合创始人&总裁 Greg Brockman也将回归，

他在X上欢快地表示，“今晚就重新开始敲代码了！”

但这是否就是这场闹剧的最终章节，目前还不好定论。

毕竟最近几天，每当大家以为这起轰轰烈烈的《硅谷风云之年度OpenAI夺权大戏》要尘埃落的时候，总是会迎来意想不到的反转反转再反转。。。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

目前，一系列诸如：《我被我一手搭建的董事会开除了》、《“ChatGPT之父”加入AI失业大军》、《阴谋论之GPT-4才是开除老板的幕后BOSS》、《临时CEO上任32小时被前CEO成功策反》、《750名员工逼宫董事会》、《Game of OpenAI之4天换了4个CEO》、《硅谷甄嬛传之钮祜禄·Altman复仇归来》等等名场面已经诞生。

其猛料之丰富，过程之魔幻，也就相当于800个《甄嬛传》+《权力的游戏》+《继承之战》吧。。。

今天，主页君就来复盘一下这场整个科技史上罕见的宫斗风波，让大家吃瓜吃个痛快！

一、被废黜的ChatGPT之父

事情还要从上周五说起。

11月18日凌晨时分，OpenAI 突然发布了一封声明，宣布其CEO Sam Altman 被开除；

CEO 的职位，将由 CTO（首席技术官）米拉·穆拉蒂（ Mira Murati) 临危受命，并且立 即 生 效。

众所周知，今年以来，以ChatGPT为首的生成式AI一路狂飙，已经对科技行业乃至于无数普通人产生了颠覆性的影响。

而Sam Altman 更是被誉为“OpenAI & ChatGPT之父”，主持每次新产品发布会、面见各国总统、还在中国代表公司首次演讲，属于OpenAI 当之无愧的门面担当。

但在OpenAI的这份声明中，提及这位昔日创始人，言辞却异常严厉：

“奥特曼先生的离职是在董事会经过审议后得出的结论。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

他在与董事会的沟通中始终不坦诚，阻碍了董事会履行职责的能力。

董事会不再对他继续领导 OpenAI 的能力充满信心。”

这种《我被我一手搭建的董事会开除了》、《“ChatGPT之父”加入AI失业大军》的drama戏码，无论对于OpenAI 还是整个科技行业，都是一个地震级别的消息。

毕竟，都说AI会让人类失业，但谁也没想到一手打造它的CEO也能“被毕业”阿。。

至于Altman 本人，看上去对董事会的宣判也处于懵逼状态，在X上连续发帖表达不舍之情：

“我很喜欢在OpenAI的时光” 、

“最重要的是，我喜欢与这些才华横溢的人共事”、 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

“这对我个人来说是变革性的，希望对世界也有一点变革。“”

并且，在之后的一篇帖子中，他将自己被解雇的经历描述为：

“有点像在你还活着的时候读自己的悼词”。

同样被董事会扫地出门的，还有OpenAI董事长兼总裁格雷格·罗布克曼（Greg Brockman）——

他在不知情且缺席会议的情况下，被辞去董事会主席职务；其在公司的职位仍然保留。

不过，作为Altman的坚定支持者，Brockman表示绝不独活，仅几小时后就在 X 上发帖声称已经辞职。

随着更多消息泄露出来，解雇风波的最大幕后推手，也逐渐浮出水面。

原来，OpenAI最初就是一个非营利性组织，其董事会一直强调：

OpenAI的本心是为了造福人类，而不是毁灭人类。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

而Altman则一直希望强势推进部署人工智能技术，今天想从中东融资几百亿美元，明天想从孙正义那里拉个几十亿。

这就让（除Brockman外的）其他4位董事会成员犯嘀咕了，担心Altman低估了AI技术的危险，甚至导致公司偏离既定的使命。

可能很多人会不理解，Altman能搞钱 —— 

这不是好事儿吗？

怎么能把这种人优化掉呢？ CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

这里就不得不提一嘴OpenAI董事会的特殊架构了：

作为非营利组织，其董事会成员是不持有公司股份的。这就导致，他们在做重大事项的投票时，不代表大资本的利益，而更多是从社会价值观的使命出发。

在这几位董事会成员中，OpenAI 的首席科学家 Ilya Sutskever，被认为是这次内斗的“始作俑者”，在价值观层面与Altman不和已久。

有外媒披露，正是他暗自串联、发起这次董事会政变，最终投票将Altman踢出局。

据报道，在 Altman 被解雇后举行的员工会议上，有员工询问 Altman 的离开是否预示着一场 “政变”。

当时，主持大局的llya这样说道:

“你可以这么说（认为这是”政变“），但我觉得，董事会只是在履行自己的职责。”

讲到这里大伙儿应该也都明白了，这场OpenAI内斗的底层逻辑，其实是这帮科技大佬关于AI的发展路线之争。

此时，谁也没想到，

罢免Altman，只是这场混乱的开始。

二、权利の游戏，混乱就是阶梯

11月20日，在被解雇仅仅48小时后，Sam Altman 就 “重返”了 OpenAI 办公室。

不过，此次这位昔日的CEO是以“访客”的身份抵达了这家自己一手打造的公司。

据The Information报道，由于微软、兴盛资本等 OpenAI 投资者，正在向 OpenAI 董事会施压，试图撮合Altman 复职一事，

其中，微软董事长兼首席执行官纳德拉 （Satya Nadella）尤其慷慨激昂，他表示“将会不遗余力地承诺支持 Altman 的抉择”。

考虑作为最大的金主爸爸，微软此前共向 OpenAI 投资超过 130 亿美元，想必董事会此时已经汗流浃背了（不是）。

所以此时很多业内人士猜测， Altman 将会很快地恢复CEO 职务。

至于Altman那边，也对谈判抱持乐观态度。

他在 X 上发布了一张自己佩戴 OpenAI 访客通行证的照片，并附言道：

“我第一次也是最后一次佩戴这种通行证。”

（仅上任CEO不到48小时的米拉·穆拉蒂（ Mira Murati)）

然而！

出乎很多人意料的是，这场谈判并不顺利。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

当天下午，OpenAI 正式宣布：

奥特曼回归失败；

并且，由 Twitch（亚马逊公司旗下游戏流媒体网站） 的前首席执行官埃米特•希尔（Emmett Shear）取代米拉·穆拉蒂（ Mira Murati)   ，担任OpenAI 的临时CEO。

是的，时间线发展到这里，OpenAI已经迎来这2天来的第3位CEO了。。。

而且， 据多家外媒报道，在罢免Altman后，董事会一直在联系其他高管，邀请他们担任OpenAI临时CEO——

其中，包括GitHub首席执行官Nat Friedman，Scale AI首席执行官Alex Wang 、 阿莫代伊等等；

不过，除希尔之外，其他3位均对此邀请表示拒绝。

可以说，董事会此时已经手忙脚乱了；

另一边，得知Altman不会回到OpenAI后，很多员工都大失所望，彻夜讨论着该如何应对。

可见，没了Altman的OpenAI，简直就像是一盘散沙，不用风吹就…

不过，就在当天，重磅消息又传来——

微软 CEO纳德拉（Satya Nadella）在X（原twitter）上发表声明称，Sam Altman和Greg Brockman将加入微软。

“他们将会组建一个新的高级人工智能研究团队” ；

至于未来将推出什么产品或服务的细节，目前还不能透露。

随后，Altman和Brockman都回复了纳德拉的这条帖子，并附言：“使命仍在继续”。 

（Satya Nadella 和 Sam Altman）

整件事情，看似以 Altman 和 Brockman 戏剧性地入职微软，画上了休止符。

然而！！

当主页君（一次又一次天真地）以为 OpenAI 这场风波要尘埃落定时，它又以编剧都没法写出来的方式反转了！

三、钮枯禄·山姆，回朝复仇逼宫

谁也没想到，仅仅一个晚上过去，OpenAI的内斗越烧越烈！

实际上，从Altman和Brockman宣布入职微软开始，当天下午，包括OpenAI CTO （同时也算是前CEO）米拉·穆拉蒂（Mira Murati）等多位骨干员工，开始统一在X上发布推文文案，公开站在Altman这一边。他们表示：

“没有了员工，OpenAI啥也不是！”

等于是公开叫板董事会了。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

而Altman当然也大受感动，他转发了超过10条该内容，并一一配以一颗“爱心”的表情符号：

这种情绪，一直发酵到当天晚上，就有490名OpenAI员工开始集体签署了一封抗议信，内容是敦促董事会解散，并让 Altman 和 Brockman 官复原职； CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

否则，他们就集体跳槽去微软，而且后者“已经承诺会给所有 OpenAI 员工提供职位”。

信中还写道：

“你们解雇奥特曼、将布罗克曼从董事会除名的过程已经危及了公司所有工作，破坏了我们的使命。你们的行为已经清楚地表明，你们没有能力监管OpenAI。”

直到11月21日上午，已经有超750名OpenAI员工彻底撕破了脸。

要知道，OpenAI 总共不过770人。。

这意味着，超过95%的员工都在逼宫董事会，想为Altman 讨一个公道。

他们还拒绝出席欢迎新任CEO Emmett Shear的会议，甚至有员工用一个“fxxk you”的表情包回复OpenAI 的该会议通知。

（员工联名签署公开信）

面对员工的发声（大动乱），Altman 也在凌晨连发几条帖子。

按照这个发帖频率，有网友猜测Altman应该是一宿没睡。。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

他一边为这些员工的团结感到兴奋，“我们都会以某种方式一起工作”；

另一边，表示自己与Satya的首要任务是确保OpenAI稳定下来。

而纵观整个联名信事件，最最最魔幻的是，作为本次宫斗的始作俑者，Ilya Sutskever 的签名也赫然在列。。

啥？

这个发起了董事会政变、把Altman赶走的人，却签名请求Altman回归？！

这惊魂72小时内，Ilya内心究竟经历了什么？

是后悔？还是遗憾？

真是耐人寻味啊。。

事实上，就在这封信发布前不久，Sutskever 自事发后首次打破沉默，在 X 上发帖称：

“我对参与董事会的行动深感遗憾。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

我从来没有想过要伤害 OpenAI。

我热爱我们共同打造的一切，我将尽一切努力让公司重新团结起来。”

对此，Altman当即转发，并配上了3颗红心（比其他转发多了2颗，他真的，我哭死）。。

不难想象，董事会的其他3位成员当时的处境一定十分尴尬。

直到今天，随着Altman回归OpenAI、重新担任CEO，这场“政变”终于也算是告一段落了。

在这里也要恭喜 OpenAI，完成了4天更换4个 CEO 历史壮举。。 CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

而董事会全体成员，也来了一场大换血。 数字化转型网www.szhzxw.cn

目前，还不清楚OpenAI 的高层是否还有其他变动、原有的董事会架构是否会调整。

这或许意味着，OpenAI的内斗或许还有后续 ；而AI行业未来的格局变化，还密布悬念。

主页君也会持续关注后续的报道。

不过无论后续如何，对于咱们吃瓜群众来说，这可远比宫斗剧精彩太多了。

排好小板凳，坐等大戏！

翻译：

The Legend of Zhen Huan is coming to an end? After four ceos in four days, ChatGPT employees welcome back their former boss…

Who would have thought that the latest inversion of OpenAI’s “Palace drama” is coming again 叒! ?

On Wednesday afternoon, OpenAI suddenly announced that Sam Altman, who was fired on Friday, would be returning as CEO. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

Yes. In less than five days, Altman is back as king.

At the same time, Greg Brockman, the co-founder and president of OpenAI who left with him, will also return,

“I’ll start typing code again tonight!” he chirped on X.

But whether this is the final chapter in the saga is far from certain.

After all, in recent days, when everyone thought that the vigorous “Silicon Valley’s annual OpenAI power grab drama” would fall, there would always be unexpected reversals.

Currently, a range of services such as: “I was fired from the Board I built”, “The Father of ChatGPT” joins the army of AI unemployed “, “The conspiracy theory GPT-4 is the BOSS behind the firing of the Boss”, “Interim CEO is successfully turned by the former CEO in 32 hours”, “750 employees force the Board”, “Game of” OpenAI changed 4 ceos in 4 Days, The Legend of Zhen Huan in Silicon Valley, and other famous scenes have been born. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

The wealth of juicy material and the magic of the process are equivalent to 800 “Legend of Zhen Huan” + “Game of Thrones” + “The Battle of the Succession”…

Today, the home page Jun will come back to the whole science and technology history of the rare palace storm, let everyone eat melon to eat happy!

1. The deposed father of ChatGPT

It all started last Friday.

In the early hours of November 18, OpenAI suddenly issued a statement announcing that its CEO Sam Altman had been fired;

The position of CEO will be assumed by Mira Murati, CTO (Chief Technology Officer), effective immediately.

As we all know, since the beginning of this year, the generative AI led by ChatGPT has been surging all the way, and has had a subversive impact on the technology industry and even countless ordinary people.

And Sam Altman is known as the “father of OpenAI & ChatGPT”, hosting every new product launch, meeting with presidents of various countries, and representing the company in China for the first time, is a well-deserved face of OpenAI. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

(The day before he was fired, Sam Altman spoke on behalf of OpenAI at the APEC CEO Summit | Credit: Getty Images)

But in OpenAI’s statement, the reference to the former founder was unusually harsh:

“Mr. Altman’s departure comes after deliberation by the Board of Directors.

He was consistently dishonest in his communications with the board, impeding the Board’s ability to perform its duties.

The Board no longer has full confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”

The drama of “I was fired from the board I built” and “The Father of ChatGPT” joining the ranks of the unemployed AI is a seismic news for both OpenAI and the entire tech industry.

After all, it is said that AI will make humans unemployed, but no one thought that the CEO who built it can also be “graduated”.

As for Altman himself, it seems that the sentence of the board of directors is also in a state of confusion, and he has continuously posted on X to express his feelings:

“I loved my time at OpenAI”, CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

“Most of all, I love working with these talented people.”

“It’s transformative for me personally and hopefully a little bit for the world as well.” “”

And, in a later post, he described the experience of being fired as:

“It’s kind of like reading your own eulogy while you’re still alive.”

Also ousted by the board was OpenAI chairman and President Greg Brockman

He was removed as Chairman of the Board without his knowledge and absence from meetings; His position at the company remains.

However, as a staunch supporter of Altman, Brockman said that he would not live alone, and only hours later posted on X that he had resigned.

(Sam Altman and Greg Brockman)

As more information leaked out, the biggest driver behind the firing controversy gradually emerged.

As it turns out, OpenAI was originally a non-profit organization, and its board of directors has always emphasized: CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

OpenAI is designed to benefit humanity, not destroy it.

Altman has been hoping to strongly promote the deployment of artificial intelligence technology, today wants to raise tens of billions of dollars from the Middle East, tomorrow wants to pull billions from Son.

This led the other four board members (besides Brockman) to mutter that Altman was underestimating the dangers of AI technology and even distracting the company from its stated mission.

(Structure modified from: MindBranches)

Many people may not understand that Altman can make money

Isn’t that a good thing?

How do you optimize out people like that?

Here we have to mention the special structure of the OpenAI board:

As a non-profit organization, its board members do not own shares of the company. As a result, when they vote on major matters, they do not represent the interests of big capital, but more from the mission of social values.

(It’s easy to see that Ilya Sutskever has long been concerned about the risks of AI technology; Altman, by contrast, focuses more on commercialization and less on risk |)

Of these board members, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, is considered the “initiator” of the infighting and has long been at odds with Altman on values.

Some foreign media disclosed that it was he who secretly connected, launched the board coup, and finally voted Altman out. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

(Ilya Sutskever)

At a staff meeting held after Altman was fired, employees reportedly asked if Altman’s departure heralded a “coup.”

At the time, llya, who hosted the show, said:

“You can call it that [a coup], but I think the board is just doing its job.”

At this point, everyone should also understand that the underlying logic of this OpenAI infighting is actually a dispute between these science and technology bosses about the development route of AI.

At this point, no one thought,

Ousting Altman is just the beginning of this mess.

2. In Game of Thrones の, chaos is ladder

On November 20, just 48 hours after being fired, Sam Altman “returned” to the OpenAI office.

This time, however, the former CEO arrived as a “visitor” to the company he built.

According to The Information, as Microsoft, Prosperity Capital and other OpenAI investors are pressuring OpenAI’s board to try to bring Altman back, CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella was particularly impassioned, saying he “will spare no effort to pledge support for Altman’s decision.”

Considering that Microsoft has invested more than $13 billion in OpenAI, the board must be sweating at this point (no).

So at this point, many in the industry are speculating that Altman will soon resume his role as CEO.

Altman, for his part, is also optimistic about the negotiations.

He posted a photo of himself wearing an OpenAI visitor pass on X with the caption:

“I’m wearing this pass for the first and last time.”

(Mira Murati, who has been CEO for less than 48 hours)

Yet!

To the surprise of many, the negotiations did not go smoothly.

That afternoon, OpenAI officially announced: CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

Altman’s return failed;

Mira Murati has been replaced as interim CEO of OpenAI by Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch (a game streaming site owned by Amazon).

Yes, the timeline has come to this point, and OpenAI has welcomed its third CEO in two days…

And, according to several foreign media reports, after ousting Altman, the board has been contacting other executives to invite them to serve as OpenAI’s interim CEO

Among them, including GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, Amodei and others;

However, with the exception of Hill, the other three declined the invitation.

Arguably, the board was already scrambling;

On the other hand, after learning that Altman would not be returning to OpenAI, many employees were disappointed and discussed what to do all night. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

It can be seen that without Altman’s OpenAI, it is just like a scattering of sand, without the wind blowing…

However, on the same day, the heavy news came again

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement on X (formerly twitter) that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft.

“They will form a new advanced AI research group”;

As for the details of what products or services will be introduced in the future, it cannot be revealed at this time.

Both Altman and Brockman responded to Nadella’s post with a note that said, “The mission continues.”

(Satya Nadella and Sam Altman)

The whole thing seemed to end with Altman and Brockman’s dramatic arrival at Microsoft.

And yet!! CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

Just when the main page (again and again naively) thought the OpenAI storm was about to blow over, it has reversed itself in a way that the writers couldn’t have written!

3. Button Gu Lu Sam, back to the palace of revenge

No one expected, just one night past, OpenAI’s internal fighting more and more intense!

In fact, from the beginning of Altman and Brockman’s announcement to join Microsoft, on the afternoon of the same day, many key employees, including OpenAI CTO (and former CEO) Mira Murati, began to jointly tweet on X, publicly standing on Altman’s side. They said:

“OpenAI is nothing without its employees!”

It’s a public challenge to the board.

Altman, of course, was so moved that he retweeted more than 10 of the posts, each accompanied by a “heart” emoji:

By the end of the day, 490 OpenAI employees had signed a letter of protest urging the board to be dismissed and Altman and Brockman reinstated.

Otherwise, they will leave en masse for Microsoft, which “has promised to offer positions to all OpenAI employees.” CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

The letter continued:

“By firing Altman and removing Brockman from the board, you have jeopardized all of our work and undermined our mission. Your actions have made it clear that you are incapable of policing OpenAI.”

By the morning of November 21, more than 750 OpenAI employees had completely torn their faces.

Keep in mind that OpenAI has only 770 people.

This means that more than 95% of the employees are pressing the board to get justice for Altman.

They also refused to attend a meeting to welcome new CEO Emmett Shear, and one employee even responded to OpenAI’s notice of the meeting with a “fxxk you” meme.

(Staff sign open letter)

In the face of the voice of employees (great unrest), Altman also sent several posts in the early morning.

According to this Posting frequency, some netizens speculated that Altman should have been awake all night.

On the one hand, he is excited by the solidarity of these employees, “we will all work together in some way”; CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

On the other side, he said his priority with Satya was to make sure OpenAI was stable.

Throughout the joint letter event, the most magical thing is that, as the initiator of this palace fight, Ilya Sutskever’s signature is also prominent in the list.

Ke?

The man who staged a boardroom coup to oust Altman signed on to ask him to return? !

What was going on inside Ilya during those 72 hours?

Is it regret? Or regret?

It’s really interesting.

In fact, shortly before the letter was posted, Sutskever broke his silence for the first time since the incident, Posting on X:

“I deeply regret participating in the Board’s action.

I never meant to hurt OpenAI. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

I love what we’ve built together, and I’ll do everything I can to bring the company back together.”

In response, Altman immediately retweeted and matched it with 3 hearts (2 more than other retweets, he really, I cried to death).

It is easy to imagine how awkward it must have been for the other three members of the board.

Until today, with Altman’s return to OpenAI and his return as CEO, this “coup” has finally come to an end.

Congratulations to OpenAI for completing the historic feat of replacing 4 ceos in 4 days.

(Niu Hulu Altman)

And there’s been a shake-up of the entire board of directors.

At this time, it is unclear whether there are other changes at the top of OpenAI and whether the original board structure will be adjusted.

This may mean that there may be more to OpenAI’s infighting; The future pattern of AI industry changes, but also densely covered with suspense. CXO UNION-CXO联盟（cxounion.cn）

We will continue to pay attention to subsequent reports.

But no matter what happens in the future, for us to eat melons, this can be far more exciting than the palace drama.

Line up the little bench and wait for the big play!

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