On teaming up with Microsoft, recently ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has
said the top priority for Satya Nadella and him would remain to ensure that
Open AI continues to thrive.
He said the OpenAI and Microsoft partnership will make this very doable.
In a post on X, Sam Altman wrote, “Satya and my top priority remains to
ensure OpenAI continues to thrive. We are committed to fully providing
continuity of operations to our partners and customers.”
“The OpenAI or Microsoft partnership makes this very doable,” he added.
Microsoft Corporation Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said Sam Altman and
Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a
new advanced AI research team.
“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,” Nadella posted on his X timeline.
“We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI’s new leadership
team and working with them,” Nadella wrote on X.
Shear has reportedly been appointed as OpenAI’s interim CEO.
On Friday, in a surprising move, Altman, the CEO and co-founder of
OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT, left the artificial intelligence
company and resigned from its board with immediate effect. This unexpected
departure sent shock waves through the technology industry.
The company announced in a blog post on Friday that OpenAI’s board no
longer has confidence in Altman’s ability to lead the organisation.
The blog post also announced that Greg Brockman, another co-founder of
OpenAI, would step down as the chair of the company’s board but remain with the
organisation.
The post said Altman’s departure came after “a deliberative review
process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in
his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its
responsibilities.”
Since the introduction of ChatGPT, major tech companies have strived to
compete with OpenAI, and world leaders have sought Altman’s insights and
investments.
Originally established as a nonprofit in 2015, OpenAI aimed to prevent
advanced AI from falling into the hands of monopolistic corporations. However,
after receiving a significant investment from Microsoft in 2019, the company
transitioned to a for-profit structure.
ANI
