OpenAI has appoint ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear to lead the startup, replacing Sam Altman who will join the company’s top backer Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team, the CEO Satya Nadella said.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella post on X :
"We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them,".
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 in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett…
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 20, 2023
He adds Microsoft remains commit to its partnership with OpenAI.
The decision not to reinstate Sam Altman as CEO of the company behind ChatGPT has confound efforts by investors and employees of the firm to steady the ship by bringing him back after the board fired him on Friday.
Satya Nadella said Altman would join Microsoft to “lead a new advanced AI research team“.
As per reports, Sam Altman was discussing a possible return to OpenAI and changing the company’s governance structure, even as he consider launching a new AI venture.
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, who step down from the OpenAI board as chairman as part of the management shuffle, join executives at the company’s headquarters on Sunday after then interim CEO Mira Murati told staff she invited Sam Altman.
Satya Nadella said Brockman would also join the software company.
Sam Altman post an image of himself on X on Sunday wearing an OpenAI guest badge with the caption:
"first and last time i ever wear one of these."
In a separate post on X, he reshare Satya Nadella’s message with a comment :
"the mission continues".
the mission continues https://t.co/d1pHiFxcSe
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 20, 2023
OpenAI kick off the generative AI craze a year ago by releasing ChatGPT.
The chatbot became one of the world’s fastest-growing software applications.
