{"id":152611,"date":"2026-04-08T03:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=152611"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:19:40","slug":"openai-ceo-why-did-openai-hand-over-the-reins-of-ceo-to-sam-altman-after-resigning-from-the-job-what-happened-in-a-week-the-truth-revealed-from-the-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=152611","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI CEO: Why did OpenAI hand over the reins of CEO to Sam Altman after resigning from the job? What happened in a week, the truth revealed from the report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-10351163\"><span class=\"jsx-d9b4a3b36103a47d\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-d9b4a3b36103a47d\">April 08, 2026, 14:29 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl\" class=\"jsx-204852691 asubttl\">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was suddenly removed from the CEO post in 2023, but became CEO again in just five days. According to The New Yorker report, his removal was due to internal allegations within the board. The report states that he continuously misled the board and senior leadership and hid some important information. Protests began immediately after the decision to remove Sam Altman.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-204852691 amimg\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5bcc1d6da4c3bd16\">\n<div style=\"position:relative\" class=\"jsx-5bcc1d6da4c3bd16 \"><img alt=\"Why did OpenAI hand over the reins of CEO to Sam Altman after leaving the job?\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnkhabar\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sam-Altman-2026-02-ca8f3391e00494513d4846edad0221ee.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=640&amp;height=480\"\/><span id=\"fullscreen_open_button\" class=\"jsx-5bcc1d6da4c3bd16 imgzoom tap_to_zoom\"><img alt=\"Zoom\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"tap_to_zoom\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/zoom-img.svg\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"jsx-204852691 imgcap\">The report said there were allegations of lying and fraud on the OpenAI board (Image: IANS)<\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"jsx-204852691 artbody\">Sam Altman, a prominent name in the world of AI, is in the headlines these days. In the year 2023, he was removed from the post of CEO of OpenAI, then got new responsibility in Microsoft. After this, he returned again as CEO of OpenAI within a week. The story of this entire matter has now come to light. According to The New Yorker report, the decision to remove Sam Altman was taken due to internal allegations against the board.<\/p>\n<p>According to Moneycontrol, the allegations stated that Sam Altman repeatedly misled the board and senior leadership and withheld certain material information. This matter was put before the board by the then chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The report said that Sutskever had prepared approximately 70 pages of internal material, which included Slack messages and HR documents. These documents were shared with the elected board members in the form of confidential memos.<\/p>\n<h2>Did Sam Altman mislead?<\/h2>\n<p>There were some messages which disappeared after sending. The documents clearly accuse Sam Altman of misleading the board and senior leadership, particularly regarding matters related to internal security procedures. A memo quoted by The New Yorker read that \u201cSam exhibits a consistent pattern of \u2026\u201d and the first charge was lying.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that the moment of removing Sam Altman was very dramatic. Altman was watching a Formula 1 race in Las Vegas when Sutskever asked him to join a video call with the board. During the call he was informed that he was no longer an employee of OpenAI. The OpenAI board subsequently issued a public statement, saying Altman \u201cwas not consistently clear in his communications.\u201d At first this was considered completely vague, but according to The New Yorker report it was based on insider allegations made on the board.<\/p>\n<h2>Employees and investors supported<\/h2>\n<p>Protests began immediately after the decision to remove Sam Altman. Employees and investors supported him. According to the report, thousands of employees threatened to resign if he was not made the CEO back. Due to this opposition and pressure, within just five days the board reinstated Altman as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>This entire incident started a new round of discussion in Silicon Valley. The New Yorker report also revealed that the distinction between the board&#8217;s decision and insider allegations was difficult. The support of employees and investors played an important role in Sam Altman&#8217;s favor and forced the board to correct its mistake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atawrap\">\n<h2 class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atahead\">About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899\">\n<div style=\"min-height:52px;margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnkhabar\/uploads\/assets\/images\/WhatsApp Image 2026-04-02 at 10.20.31 AM.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=52&amp;height=52\" alt=\"authoring\" title=\"authoring\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" class=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/byline\/yashasvi-yadav-3748.html\" class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atamail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yashasvi Yadav<\/a><span class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 atadesig\">Sub Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yashasvi Yadav is an experienced business writer with two years of experience in the media industry. He is working with Network18 as a sub-editor in the money section. Yashasvi&#8217;s focus is on absorbing news related to business and finance.<span class=\"jsx-5d5943d0494ab899 aurpdebtn\">read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"bottomNavDetails\" class=\"jsx-1293521762\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1293521762 atbtlink Location\"><span class=\"jsx-1293521762\">Location:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jsx-1293521762 link\">New Delhi,<\/span><span class=\"jsx-1293521762 link\">New Delhi,<\/span><span class=\"jsx-1293521762 link\">Delhi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1293521762 atbtlink fp\"><span class=\"jsx-1293521762\">First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-1293521762 rs\">\n<p>April 08, 2026, 14:29 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/tech\/decode-new-yorker-report-allegations-of-deception-behind-openai-firing-2023-firing-of-ceo-sam-altman-10351163.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated:April 08, 2026, 14:29 IST OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was suddenly removed from the CEO post in 2023, but became CEO again in just five days. According to The New Yorker report, his removal was due to internal allegations within the board. The report states that he continuously misled the board and senior leadership&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sam-Altman-2026-02-ca8f3391e00494513d4846edad0221ee-16x9.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-DHt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/152612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}