
How come just four board members could act to remove the company's chief executive? Why did some board members have so little board-level experience? And why didn't Microsoft, by far the biggest investor in OpenAI, have a board seat? When OpenAI first started out, it was resolutely non-profit. Its press release made it crystal clear: "Our aim is to build value for everyone rather than shareholders," it said. The goal was "to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by...