Microsoft has just announced that it has hired Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI and the creator behind ChatGPT. To summarize the events leading up to this decision – Altman was recently fired from OpenAI and a new CEO was appointed. Today, a new second interim CEO was named at OpenAI, and it was confirmed that Sam Altman will not be returning to the company.
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Now it looks like Microsoft will be the big winner amid the shaky leadership changes at OpenAI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced on X (formerly Twitter) that "Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, along with colleagues, will join Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team."
Microsoft will continue its partnership with OpenAI (and work things out with the new leadership). But Altman along with some brilliant, influential AI researchers who previously worked on OpenAI will join Microsoft and will essentially become a driving force in Microsoft's pursuit of artificial intelligence! So yes, Microsoft is bringing the mastermind and brains behind ChatGPT into their company without buying OpenAI. We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and to continue to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett… — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 20, 2023
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and to continue to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett… — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 20, 2023
