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Good morning. Sam Altman stepped back into OpenAI’s offices on Sunday as a groundswell of support from executives, staff and investors raised pressure on board members to reinstate the chief executive they sacked on Friday.
Just 48 hours after a firing that shocked Silicon Valley, Altman tweeted a picture of himself wearing an OpenAI guest pass, saying it was the “first and last time i ever wear one of these”.
The reason for his return was not immediately clear but venture backers and executives at Microsoft — which has committed more than $10bn to the company behind ChatGPT — were…
