That sound you could hear from Techland on Saturday morning was the industry collectively gasping after Sam Altman – the high-profile CEO behind ChatGPT – was suddenly fired by his board. A co-founder of OpenAI back in 2015, Altman became the face of artificial intelligence when the ultra-popular chatbot was launched last November – they also partnered with Microsoft’s search engine Bing, sending Google into a bit of a spin. But the wheels came off as he was called into a video meeting with OpenAI’s board of directors, who said that “he was not consistently candid in his communications”. Insert shrugging lady emoji… The move was a shock to Altman – and to OpenAI’s investors, including Microsoft, who got 1 minute of warning before the move was announced. But like any good saga, the drama might not be over… Reports say that OpenAI’s investors are pushing for Altman to be reinstated as CEO. Watch this space…