Ousted OpenAI board member on AI safety concerns
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Sam Altman returns and OpenAI board members are given the boot; US authorities foil a plot to kill Sikh separatist leader on US soil; plus, the UK’s Autumn Statement increases the tax burden.
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US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil
Hunt cuts national insurance but taxes head to postwar high
OpenAI says Sam Altman to return as chief executive under new board
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At equinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, November 23rd, and this is your |
| 0:19.0 | FT news briefing. Sam Altman is back at Open AI. The US suspects India was involved in a Sikh assassination plot. |
| 0:30.0 | And the UK government outlines its spending plans. |
| 0:33.5 | The government want us to be talking about cutting taxes, |
| 0:36.0 | but nonetheless the taxes in the UK are heading to a post-war high. |
| 0:40.5 | I'm Persis Love, infamark Filipino Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. The latest in the Open AI Boardroom Drama, |
| 1:05.0 | Sam Altman has been reinstated as CEO, |
| 1:08.0 | and some of the board members who tried to oust him last week |
| 1:11.0 | are losing their seats. But there are still questions about why they tried to push out Altman, |
| 1:17.0 | who's a key figure in the latest AI boom. Helen Tona was one of the board members who moved against the chief executive. |
| 1:25.0 | The FT's Mademeter Muirgia interviewed her last month before the boardroom drama kicked off. |
| 1:31.0 | Madu joins us now to tell us more. |
| 1:34.0 | Hi Madu. |
| 1:35.0 | Hi there. |
| 1:36.0 | So bring us up to date then Madu. |
| 1:38.0 | How did Sam Altman end up back at the top? |
| 1:41.0 | So it's been a real roller coaster since Friday, but really what happened |
| 1:45.6 | over the last few days is after Sam Altman was ousted by the board, there was this ground |
| 1:52.0 | swell of support from investors but also from employees at |
| 1:55.4 | Open AI who really lobbied to bring him back. Now we don't quite know why he was removed |
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