Apple, Microsoft resign from OpenAI board amid antitrust scrutiny

Fearing increased antitrust scrutiny, Apple and Microsoft are distancing themselves from OpenAI. Microsoft has vacated its observer seat on the board, while Apple has chosen not to take a similar position.

Camilla Hodgson and George Hammond for the Financial Times:
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Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in the creator of generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, said in a letter to OpenAI that its withdrawal from its board would be “immediately effective.”

Apple was also expected to take an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of a deal to integrate ChatGPT with the iPhone maker’s devices, but has decided against it, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Instead, OpenAI will hold regular meetings with partners like Microsoft and Apple, and investors Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures — as part of a “new approach to informing and engaging key strategic partners” under the leadership of Sarah Friar, a former Nextdoor executive who was hired as its first CFO last month, an OpenAI spokesperson said.

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MacDailyNews note: OpenAI is governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit Board of Directors, which currently includes independent directors Bret Taylor (Chair), Sam Altman, Adam D’Angelo, Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo, and Larry Summers.
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