{"id":15091,"date":"2024-07-10T13:32:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/microsoft-withdraws-observer-from-openai-board-amid-antitrust-concerns\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:32:19","slug":"microsoft-withdraws-observer-from-openai-board-amid-antitrust-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/microsoft-withdraws-observer-from-openai-board-amid-antitrust-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Withdraws Observer from OpenAI Board Amid Antitrust Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has withdrawn its representative from the observer seat on OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-10\/microsoft-quits-openai-board-after-antitrust-scrutiny-grows?srnd=technology-ai\">Bloomberg<\/a>, citing sources.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microsofts-1-billion-bet-on-openai-driven-by-fear-of-lagging-behind-google\">invested $13 billion<\/a> in the creator of ChatGPT, sent a letter to the AI startup announcing its departure from the board.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOver the past eight months, we have witnessed significant progress from the newly formed board and are confident in the company&#8217;s direction. We no longer believe our limited observer role is necessary,\u201d the letter, seen by the media, states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/3414cd0d-09e0-4246-a7db-4ef3032af8b8\">It was anticipated<\/a> that Apple would take a similar position. However, according to an OpenAI representative, the startup will not have observers on its board after Microsoft&#8217;s departure. Cupertino&#8217;s involvement was agreed upon as part of a deal to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to Microsoft for expressing confidence in the board and the company&#8217;s direction, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership,\u201d OpenAI representatives commented to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft took the non-voting board seat at the AI firm following the events surrounding Sam Altman&#8217;s departure as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Back in November last year, Altman was dismissed from his position as head of the company. At that time, OpenAI employees drafted a collective letter to the board demanding their resignation and the reinstatement of the former CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Major investors also demanded Altman&#8217;s reinstatement as CEO. Less than a week later, he returned to his position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has withdrawn its representative from the observer seat on OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors, according to Bloomberg, citing sources. The company, which invested $13 billion in the creator of ChatGPT, sent a letter to the AI startup announcing its departure from the board. \u201cOver the past eight months, we have witnessed significant progress from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,15,1190],"class_list":["post-15091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-microsoft","tag-openai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"8","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}