As the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, was among the most vocal influencers of AI. The 38-year-old was seen across the globe pushing the merits of AI.
The weekend began with one of the biggest developments in the tech world that sent shockwaves across the block. Sam Altman has been ousted by the OpenAI board and has been replaced by CTO Mira Murati who is now the interim CEO of the AI powerhouse. Altman has been the blue-eyed boy of all things AI ever since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT. The sensational AI-powered chatbot with its precision and humanism responses was launched to widespread popularity, triggering an AI arms race among big tech corporations.
ChatGPT’s phenomenal success catapulted Altman to the legion of young changemakers who held the promise of a futuristic world where AI worked for the betterment of humanity. Even as experts and organisations continued to be confounded by the perils of AI, Altman was seen at conferences and symposiums around the world, allaying fears, citing examples of the wonders of large language models.
