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The board of OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT chatbot and one of the world’s highest-profile artificial intelligence companies, reversed course late last night and brought back Sam Altman as chief executive.

Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The Times, discusses a whirlwind five days at the company and analyzes what the fallout could mean for the future of the transformational technology.

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• With Mr. Altman’s return, OpenAI’s board of directors will be overhauled, jettisoning several members who had opposed him.

• Before the ouster, OpenAI’s board was already divided and feuding.

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Cade Metz contributed reporting.

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