An internal memo was sent by Microsoft management to all employees to give them the group’s position on the OpenAI imbroglio.
The last few particularly chaotic days within OpenAI have also had repercussions on its historic partner Microsoft. The company founded by Bill Gates has invested more than $10 billion in the company that created ChatGPT. She had thus offered a temporary position to Sam Altman, before he found his place at the head of OpenAI. Management therefore found it appropriate to communicate internally about this somewhat crazy week.
Move along, nothing to see
Despite the rapid return of Sam Altman at the head of OpenAI, nothing changes for Microsoft regarding its links with the Californian company. This is the message that was passed in an internal memo, to which the American media The Verge was able to gain access.
“ Throughout this period, nothing has changed or wavered in our determination and desire to provide our customers and partners with the world’s best products and technology platforms in the field of AI. We will continue to support our colleagues at OpenAl » said technology director Kevin Scott, in a message posted on the internal forum.
Satya Nadella greets his teams
To support his point, he recalled the various successes obtained last week by the joint work between Microsoft and OpenAI. “ Since Friday, Azure has rolled out new Al compute, our new MSR organization Al Frontiers released its new cutting-edge research Orca 2, and OpenAl has continued to deliver products such as the new voice features in ChatGPT which were deployed yesterday » he recalls.
For his part, boss Satya Nadella sent his own message, in which he salutes the seriousness maintained by the teams despite the disorder observed at OpenAI. “ Over the past five days, I have seen people across the company stay focused on our mission and serving our customers and partners, stepping up to help in any way they can. » explains the CEO in a thank you message.
Source : The Verge
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