(AOF) – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, along with other colleagues, will join the company to lead a new advanced artificial intelligence research team. Friday evening, the unexpected announcement of the dismissal of Sam Altman from his position as Managing Director of Open AI, creator of the conversational agent using artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, created a shock wave. Greg Brockman was president and co-founder of Open AI.
According to The Information website, Emmett Shear, former CEO of Twitch, would be named interim CEO of Open AI.
Information that the boss of Microsoft seemed to confirm. “We look forward to getting to know and working with Emmett Shear and the new leadership team at Open AI,” said Satya Nadella.
“Despite pressure from investors, including Microsoft and venture capital firm Thrive Capital, board members rebuffed attempts to reinstate Sam Altman, armed with an unusual corporate structure that gave them more more power than the investors who have injected billions into the artificial intelligence company,” explains the Wall Street Journal.
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