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Is there any good evidence of the board actually wanting him back? Sure, he was invited back into the office, but maybe Mira allowed this as CEO? From the outside it seems plausible that the board was just under immense pressure but was firm in its decision. If he had come back and the board got replaced with new people, why even have a non-profit board if the CEO can just revert decisions and replace everyone on the board?

>>DalasN+(OP)
Are there special circumstances with the openAI board? For a normal company the board is supposed to represent the interests of investors. If investors ask for him back the board should comply. Who's interests are the OpenAI board representing?

>>TearsI+k8
> Are there special circumstances with the openAI board?

Yes, see below.

> Whose interests are the OpenAI board representing?

OpenAI has a weird charter which mandates the board to uphold a fiduciary duty not to the shareholders but rather to being "broadly beneficial". This is very uncommon. It means that the board is fiscally required to uphold safety above all else; if they don't, the board members could get sued. The most likely person to fund such a lawsuit would be Elon, who donated a lot of money to the non-profit side of OpenAI.

Here's the OpenAI page which explains this unique charter: https://openai.com/our-structure Excerpt: “each director must perform their fiduciary duties in furtherance of its mission—safe AGI that is broadly beneficial”

>>DalasN+(OP)
There: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-staff-walk-protest-sam-al...