Nov 22 - Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board’s ouster of Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. Advertisement Scroll to continue Some at OpenAI believe Q* could be a breakthrough in the startup’s search for what’s known as artificial general intelligence, one of the people told Reuters.

Source: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

So, is this why Sam Altman was forced out? OpenAI was supposed to be a non-profit to help humanity, right?