February

1 events

Editors' summary

Musk steps off the OpenAI board

On 20 February, Elon Musk left OpenAI's board. OpenAI said it was to avoid a future conflict of interest as Tesla pushed further into AI.

Musk was a co-founder and had put up money at the start. He would continue to donate, the company said, but he was out of its governance.

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GovernanceOpenAI / Elon Musk / Greg Brockman / Ilya Sutskever
Elon Musk departs OpenAI board
OpenAI announced that co-founder Elon Musk would depart its board of directors, while continuing to donate to and advise the organization. The official announcement explained the move as eliminating a potential future conflict of interest as Tesla became more focused on AI. The board thereafter consisted of Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Holden Karnofsky, and Sam Altman.