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Jesus. I saw he was "demoted" but he's totally out now, right?

>>robswc+(OP)
Well "out" as in he explicitly quit. He wasn't fired.

>>ryanSr+G
For sure.

Wasn't he essentially demoted before quitting though? I guess this means he wasn't even aware he was demoted.

>>ryanSr+G
He was removed as Chairman of the Board but was allowed to remain in his other role as President reporting to the new acting CEO, but apparently wasn't interested.

OTOH, I don't think it would surprise anyone that he would quit, and that may well have been the intent.

>>dragon+R1
That's what I thought.

OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion... but his statement seems to imply he wasn't.

I guess the most likely situation is that they put out the press release, told him (or vice versa) and it took him a bit to decide to quit.

>>robswc+n3
> OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion.

Maybe my experience with corporate communications is different, but all it implies to me is that he was not removed as President and was being permitted to stay on under the new CEO.

>>dragon+N6
>As a part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.

Its totally fair (your interpretation) to think that. He was removed as chairman though, which IMO is a demotion. I think its disingenuous on the part of OpenAI _unless_ originally Greg said he was ok with the new terms. If a company says "Person X will remain as President and report to the CEO" you would think they have worked it out with person X _before_ announcing it.