OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO and Altman heads to Microsoft

OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO and Altman heads to Microsoft

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/openai-employees-revolt-after-board-names-new-ceo-and-altman-heads-to-microsoft/

After two days of roller-coaster negotiations at OpenAI HQ after the surprise ouster of CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced that Microsoft plans to hire Altman and former OpenAI President Greg Brockman to head a "new advanced AI research team." Overnight, the OpenAI board named a new interim CEO, Emmett Shear, who acknowledged the messy process and promised to hire an investigator to generate a full report on Altman's firing.

OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO and Altman heads to Microsoft

Nov 20, 2023, 4:22pm UTC
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/openai-employees-revolt-after-board-names-new-ceo-and-altman-heads-to-microsoft/ > After two days of roller-coaster negotiations at OpenAI HQ after the surprise ouster of CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced that Microsoft plans to hire Altman and former OpenAI President Greg Brockman to head a "new advanced AI research team." Overnight, the OpenAI board named a new interim CEO, Emmett Shear, who acknowledged the messy process and promised to hire an investigator to generate a full report on Altman's firing.