People familiar with the matter: Before the OpenAI CEO was fired, he had extensive differences with the board of directors, and the differences with

On November 18th, citing informed sources, there were extensive differences between Sam Altman and his board of directors before he was fired, especially serious differences with Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI. The points of disagreement include opinions on the safety of artificial intelligence, the speed of technological development, and the commercialization of the company.

It is reported that these disputes echo long-standing disagreements within OpenAI over the development of powerful artificial intelligence tools, which have plagued the company since its inception. Similar security and commercialization disputes were also the reason why Elon Musk severed ties with OpenAI in 2018, and some employees left the company in 2020 to start a competing company, Anthropic.

In July, Sutskever formed a new team within the company to take control of the future of "super-intelligent" artificial intelligence systems. A month ago, Sutskever's responsibilities within the company were reduced, which already reflected friction with Altman and company president Greg Brockman. Since then, Sutskever has appealed to the board of directors and won the support of some members.