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OpenAI is a nonprofit-corporate hybrid: A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman's short-lived ouster

  • Written by Alnoor Ebrahim, Professor of Management, Tufts University
imageOpenAI CEO Sam Altman had a tumultuous November.omohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

The board of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence tools, fired Sam Altman, its chief executive officer, in late November 2023.

Chaos ensued as investors and employees rebelled. By the time the mayhem had subsided five days later, Altman...

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