LONDON: The new head of OpenAI said Monday that he would launch an investigation into the firing of co-founder Sam Altman and work to reform the company’s management, following a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world.
The developments come after a weekend of drama and speculation about how the power dynamics would shake out at OpenAI.It ended with former Twitch leader Emmett Shear taking over as OpenAI’s interim CEO andMicrosoft announcing it was hiring Altman and OpenAI co-founder and former president Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team. Despite the rift between the key players behind ChatGPT and the company they helped build, both Shear and Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that they are committed to their partnership.
The developments come after a weekend of drama and speculation about how the power dynamics would shake out at OpenAI.It ended with former Twitch leader Emmett Shear taking over as OpenAI’s interim CEO andMicrosoft announcing it was hiring Altman and OpenAI co-founder and former president Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team. Despite the rift between the key players behind ChatGPT and the company they helped build, both Shear and Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that they are committed to their partnership.
