A former Facebook executive, an AI researcher, a tech entrepreneur and a computer scientist were the four OpenAI kingmakers who plunged the start-up into crisis last week when they fired its chief executive.
The abrupt decision by board members Adam D’Angelo, Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley and Ilya Sutskever to oust Sam Altman set off a dramatic chain of events and fuelled speculation about their motives and competency to manage what has become the world’s most high-profile AI start-up.
