OpenAI’s Interim CEO to Probe ‘Badly Handled’ Altman Exit

OpenAI’s newly appointed leader, Emmett Shear, said he plans to reform the trailblazing artificial intelligence startup’s management and launch a probe into the ouster of its co-founder and previous CEO as part of his first 30 days in charge.

Shear will appoint an “independent investigator” to dig into the process and communication strategy around Sam Altman’s ouster, and said it was “handled very badly, which has seriously damaged our trust,” in a post on X, formerly Twitter, early on Monday.

The executive, who’d been CEO of Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch until March, also said he’ll speak with employees, partners ...