Microsoft has appointed Sam Altman, the co-founder and former CEO of OpenAI, to lead a new advanced AI research team within the company. This comes after his sudden dismissal from OpenAI last Friday. Along with Altman, Greg Brockman, another co-founder of OpenAI, will be joining Microsoft to lead the new AI research team.
The announcement was made shortly after Altman’s dismissal from OpenAI was announced and followed by the appointment of Mira Murati as the interim executive to lead the company. The board of directors of OpenAI cited Altman’s lack of truthfulness in his communication with the board as the reason for his dismissal, hindering their ability to carry out their responsibilities.
Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and integrated its technology into its own products, such as the Bing search engine. With Altman and Brockman now joining Microsoft to lead the new advanced AI research team, the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI continues, and Microsoft remains confident in their product roadmap and ability to innovate.
The development of the ChatGPT artificial intelligence platform by OpenAI has been a significant milestone in the field of artificial intelligence and has accelerated the race for AI innovation among major tech companies. Generative artificial intelligence has been compared to the arrival of the internet and is seen as a revolutionary advancement in creating ideas, content, images, and sounds.
Altman’s dismissal from OpenAI sparked widespread interest and speculation in the technology world. In response to news about Altman’s firing, Elon Musk jokingly said on Twitter that “Now they will have to use Teams!” in reference to Microsoft Teams platform. In light of these significant leadership changes, OpenAI is also planning an independent investigation to shed light on the circumstances surrounding Altman’s firing.
Overall, this development marks a major shift in both technology industry landscape and corporate governance practices. It will be interesting to see how these changes affect future developments within these companies and across industries at large.