Inside the Coup at OpenAI

<p>The board of OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT chatbot and one of the world’s highest-profile artificial intelligence companies, reversed course late last night and brought back Sam Altman as chief executive.</p><p>Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The Times, discusses a whirlwind five days at the company and analyzes what the fallout could mean for the future of the transformational technology.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://nytimes.com/by/cade-metz">Cade Metz</a>, a technology reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>With Mr. Altman’s return,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/technology/openai-sam-altman-returns.html"> OpenAI’s board of directors will be overhauled</a>, jettisoning several members who had opposed him.</li><li>Before the ouster, OpenAI’s board was already<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/technology/openai-altman-board-fight.html"> divided and feuding</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>