"Corporate Shift: Firms Explore Alternatives Amid OpenAI's Leadership Shakeup"
Walmart and other major companies are moving to reduce their dependence on OpenAI's ChatGPT following instability in the company's leadership, with CEO Sam Altman briefly ousted and then reinstated. This shift emphasizes the importance of interoperability with various AI tools and opens the market for competitors like Google's Gemini AI, as well as other startups and open-source alternatives. OpenAI's governance and future direction are under scrutiny as they seek to expand their initial board with new expertise.