"Sam Altman's Ouster at OpenAI: Letter to Board Reveals AI Breakthrough"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted from the company after several staff researchers sent a letter to the board of directors warning about a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that could pose a threat to humanity. The letter, which discussed an AI algorithm called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), was seen as a catalyst for Altman's removal. The researchers claimed that Q* had the potential to be a breakthrough in OpenAI's search for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Altman's firing led to over 700 employees threatening to quit and join Microsoft in solidarity. The capabilities of Q* have not been independently verified.