Jikes. Yeah I can see how a board would lose their sht.
Boards are generally quite tolerant unless you keep them in the dark on strategic matters or ask them to rubber stamp stuff post fact.
Aren't board meetings normally once a quarter? ChatGPT may have been built in less than 1 quarter and between board meetings
ChatGPT seemed to me like a fun extra product and they didn't anticipate the reaction they would get from the public or that it would completely replace their existing GPT interface
They probably didn’t expect quite that big of a reaction sure but hard to believe they didn’t know at all that it would be important.
Almost everyone would prefer not to have repeats of Enron, FTX etc where poor corporate governance and unethical behaviour is tolerated just because the company is making lots of money.
Even if they're "just another tech firm", that's still enough for them to be another Facebook with the Cambridge Analytica and Rohingya scandals, and many people would like to make sure such things don't repeat.
Especially with all of the people leaving and publicly criticising the companies trust and safety stance.