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. And 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.
News article covering the situation: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23968829/microsoft-hires-sam-altman-greg-brockman-employees-openai
Altman’s Microsoft hiring comes just hours after negotiations with OpenAI’s board failed to bring him back as OpenAI CEO. Instead, former Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear has been named as interim CEO.
Altman had been negotiating to return as OpenAI CEO, but OpenAI’s four-person board refused to step down and let him return.
Am I the only one who thinks Sam Altman is a bit over hyped, he’s not an ML expert, he’s not a scientist
He’s been programming since 8 and accepted into stanford as a teen for computer science, he quite literally was effectively a computer scientist for years before starting his first company.
You’re right. But he is a visionary and a leader with a solid grasp of where the field is heading and what people want out of AI, not to mention his wealth of connections.
If the 500 or so employees that threatened to quit actually follow through, they’ll probably feel better with someone at the helm who understands what they are accustomed to.
While practitioner experience is useful, it’s ultimately not necessary for someone to be a good executive. If 90% of your company threatens to quit if you’re not rehired, you must be doing something right.
The guy lead a non-profit AI company to an almost $90 billion valuation.
random redditor: “dae think sam is overhyped?”
you can tell a lot about a person by whether they pay lip service to Sam or Ilya