Shear cofounded livestreaming platform Twitch, which sold to Amazon for nearly $1 billion in 2014. He stepped down as CEO in March, ending a 16 year run at Twitch, citing the birth of his first child.
The story of Altman's ousting and quick return raises questions about OpenAI's governance and long-term prospects. The structure that enabled a small number of people without ties to the company to decide Altman's fate, originally intended to keep OpenAI's technology beneficial to humanity, has come under new scrutiny.
The saga also points to a schism in the tech industry between those who see generative AI like ChatGPT as a technology to be exploited commercially, and those who worry about the risks of pushing the boundaries on something that has proven both powerful and unpredictable.
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