New: Emmett Shear will be interim CEO of OpenAI, per sources w/ direct knowledge. Sam not coming back as CEO. Mira on as CTO. Some kind of board statement coming soon.

The vast majority of OpenAI’s employees have signed a letter threatening to quit unless the board resigns and Sam Altman and ⁦Greg Brockman⁩ are reinstated wsj.com/tech/openai-em…

.Deepa Seetharaman spilling the tea...

Funny story… The Journal has a series on OpenAI coming in December. Listen to the trailer at the end of this episode! 👀👀👀

When OpenAI's team told director Helen Toner the board's actions could trigger the company's collapse, she replied, “That would actually be consistent with the mission." Behind the scenes of the OpenAI saga w/ Deepa Seetharaman Berber Jin wsj.com/tech/ai/altman… via The Wall Street Journal

The OpenAI board’s hallucinations about Sam’s lack of candor spurred law enforcement inquiries, according to WSJ. This would be gross negligence and defamation. On Friday, after the board defamed Sam in their blog post, the company got calls from law enforcement, including the

This brilliant deep dive into effective altruism by Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what just happened at OpenAI. wsj.com/tech/ai/openai… via The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft will get a board observer role at OpenAI, ⁦Deepa Seetharaman⁩ reports wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

Google's embrace of AI in its core search product is terrifying news publishers, with estimates that they could lose up to 40% of Google-generated web traffic. w/Alexandra Bruell Miles Kruppa wsj.com/tech/ai/news-p… via The Wall Street Journal

Sam Altman’s firing and return as CEO of OpenAI followed a pattern through three organizations he’s directed: A crisis of confidence among top leaders followed by a rebound to greater heights. w/ Deepa Seetharaman Berber Jin Kate Linebaugh wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al… via The Wall Street Journal

New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement by ⁦Alexandra Bruell⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/new-yo…

David Smith might not read the Baltimore Sun much, but he's been trying to buy it for more than two years. w/ Jeffrey Trachtenberg wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

Scoop w/Joe Flint: Fox Corp., ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports assets wsj.com/business/media…

Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview is likely to be posted Thursday, per sources. wsj.com/world/russia/t…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with the UAE and others to raise money for an expansion of the global chips, energy and data center biz that could cost as much as $5-7 trillion. W/ ⁦Asa Fitch⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…

I got to relive my Williamsburg youth and team up with my Midtown deskmate Alexandra Bruell (always a "Do") on the latest edition of The Journal podcast wsj.com/podcasts/the-j…

Ever since Sam Altman met Elon Musk via an intro by YC partner Geoff Ralston, Altman considered Musk a “hero.” How that relationship unraveled, w/ Berber Jin Deepa Seetharaman wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-m… via The Wall Street Journal

The holdings that Sam Altman controls beyond OpenAI (where he has no equity) are worth at least $2.8 billion. A look at the sprawling empire of one of Silicon Valley's most prolific and aggressive investors w/ Berber Jin Tom Dotan wsj.com/tech/ai/openai… via The Wall Street Journal

Our colleague Evan Gershkovich is free! Immense gratitude to our country, our company and Evan's family for never giving up. wsj.com/world/russia/e… via The Wall Street Journal

After enduring unimaginable suffering and uncertainty, the Americans detained in Russia are safe, free, and have begun their journeys back into the arms of their families.