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    The Money Always Wins

    Sam Altman has retaken the throne at OpenAI.
    by Charlie Warzel Nov 21, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty

    Updated at 8:41 a.m. ET on November 22, 2023

    Five days after Sam Altman’s shocking dismissal from OpenAI and many twists later, the company has announced that he will, in fact, return as CEO. The company’s board of directors, at the core of the drama, is being overhauled. The dust finally appears to be settling.

    In the days after his firing, Altman managed to prove that he is far more than a figurehead, winning over a majority of OpenAI employees (including Ilya Sutskever, the company’s chief scientist and the reported architect of his dismissal—) and some of the tech industry’s luminaries. A number him. On X (formerly Twitter) this weekend, legions of OpenAI employees their loyalty to him “I am Spartacus!”–style; Altman responded with a

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