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Newsflash: Microsoft has sensationally hired Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team, just days after the pair left OpenAI.
Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, has announced the surprise move, which could shake up the AI industry, just hours after it became clear that Altman was not returning to OpenAI.
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 Shear and OAI’s new leadership team and working with them.
The moves could hamper the company’s ability to move forward after the shock firing.
It also will likely change the course of the artificial intelligence field and embolden a host of rivals—namely Google—that have been seeking to hire OpenAI staff over the last 48 hours.
