⚡️ Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI co-founder, will be joining Microsoft’s new advanced AI research team:
We’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.
Altman’s Microsoft hiring comes just hours after negotiations with OpenAI’s board failed to bring him back as OpenAI CEO. Instead, former Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear has been named as CEO, according to a source speaking to The Verge.
He will take over from Mira Murati, who was named interim OpenAI CEO following Altman’s shock firing on Friday. OpenAI hasn’t confirmed Shear’s appointment, but given Microsoft’s hiring of Altman, it can’t be far away from announcing a new leadership structure.
Source:
https://x.com/satyanadella/status/1726509045803336122?s=20
