In firing Altman, OpenAI's board wanted to keep the element of surprise
Briefly

The old board also believed Microsoft would be fine with Altman's ouster.
Microsoft executives then created three plans. The first was to back OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, who was appointed chief executive by the board for a few hours, and get leadership to reverse its decision.
Which is probably why, as The New Yorker reported, many in Microsoft found the OpenAI board's decision 'mind-bogglingly stupid' and felt it could destroy the ChatGPT developer.
Read at The Verge
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