Sam Altman found out he was getting fired from OpenAI while he was in Las Vegas, per WSJ. He was at the Las Vegas Grand Prix when he got the news. AdvertisementOpenAI's board told Sam Altman they were dumping him as CEO while he was attending the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Altman took the fateful Google Meet call with the board in his hotel room in Las Vegas, per The Journal. Altman's firing as CEO was abruptly announced by OpenAI last Friday, midway through the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix that took place from November 16 to 18.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 22, 2023 07:07 UTC