OpenAI engineers are making as much as $800,000 and were key in Altman's return to the AI startup.

One week after he was fired, Altman was restored as CEO of the leading artificial intelligence technology company as a result of a staff revolt, combined with the intervention of Microsoft Corporation and other powerful sections of the ruling class.

After being reinstated as CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman issued a letter highlighting next steps at the artificial intelligence company

Microsoft president Brad Smith doubts Sam Altman was pushed out over a major AI advance that threatened humanity, but doesn't seem to know much more.

Microsoft will take a non-voting, observer position on OpenAI's board, CEO Sam Altman said in his first official missive after taking back the reins of the company on Wednesday.

After one of the more dramatic few weeks in recent corporate history, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is officially its chief executive again.

One senior OpenAI staffer told Semafor that while employees were "happy" Altman was back they were "still in the dark about a lot of things."

Following Sam Altman's rollercoaster of a return as OpenAI's CEO, the company announced that it will now include Microsoft as a non-voting observer on its board. The question remains as to why the firm's largest investor wasn't on its board in the first place,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed in a blog post Wednesday that he was returning to the helm of the company he cofounded, nearly two weeks after being ousted.