This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss the incredible situation that has emerged between OpenAI and their former, and now future, CEO Sam Altman! Our hosts discuss the details of what led to Altman's exit from the AI giant. They then open up on the remarkable fallout that occurred thereafter which included a revolt by most of the OpenAI staff over Altman's dismissal, an extraordinary intervention by key OpenAI investor Microsoft which included a statement of condemnation and them employing Altman and his colleague, Greg Brockman, to head up an 'AI research team' within their own organisation, and the subsequent reinstatement of Altman and Brockman to the OpenAI board as part of a seismic reshuffle that has seen those who were responsible for ousting Altman leave OpenAI themselves! Jacki discusses the parallels that can be drawn between Altman's leadership of OpenAI and the leadership demonstrated by Unity's John Riccitiello before his 'retirement', before Lyle analyses why it is important that C-suites within businesses make moves in the near future to add a Chief PR Executive to their team to avoid crises such as the one experienced by OpenAI recently being mismanaged as they have done!

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