OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman to board and claims it has ‘full confidence’ in CEO

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Markus Schreiber, File/AP)

OpenAI is reinstating chief executive Sam Altman to its board of directors and has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil.

OpenAI said on Friday that after an investigation into why the company abruptly fired Mr Altman in November, only to rehire him days later, it found the cause to be a “consequence of a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust” between him and the prior board.