The Unknowns Left in the OpenAI Saga; A Silver Lining in Nvidia’s Blowout Earnings

Sam Altman on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13. Photo by AP.

This morning, OpenAI employees, investors, customers (and exhausted tech reporters) woke up to the long-awaited news: Sam Altman’s back.

The embattled CEO may have had to compromise on a few items to land his old gig back: His new board still includes Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, who was part of the old board that fired him in the first place, and Altman agreed to an internal investigation into the alleged conduct that led to his ousting, The Information reported. Altman also isn’t immediately getting his board seat back.

Even though the news brought relief to many techies concerned about their Thanksgiving plans, there are still lots of questions to be answered in the upcoming days. Here are some of the top unknowns that we’ll be keeping an eye on (and hopefully bringing you answers to soon).