Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, who was fired last week, November 17, will join Microsoft to lead a new team focused on artificial intelligence. Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI, who quit the company, is joining the Redmond tech giant.
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation, made this announcement on X (formerly Twitter).
“We’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.”
The announcement comes after Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and board director of OpenAI, told The Information that Altman would not return to OpenAI despite executives’ efforts to bring him back.
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