Microsoft Corporation Chairman and CEO of Satya Nadella said on Monday that the just-ousted OpenAI CEO 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 tweeted. Shear has reportedly been appointed as OpenAI’s interim CEO. “We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.” On Friday, in a surprising move, Altman the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT, left the AI company.
