Even artificial intelligence would have struggled to write a story with as many twists and turns as the one that has unfolded at OpenAI over the past few days.
On Friday (17 November), Sam Altman, who co-founded the AI research company in 2015 and served as its CEO from 2019, was sacked by the board. After five days of boardroom jostling, firings and hirings, and an attempted staff coup, we are back to square one, with Altman returning to the helm.
But how did this all happen – and why?