Microsoft Hires Sam Altman, Former OpenAI CEO & ChatGPT Creator

Microsoft has just announced that it has hiredSam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI and creator behindChatGPT. To recap the events leading up to this decision – Altman was recentlykicked out of OpenAI, and a new CEO was instated. Today, a newsecond interim CEO was appointedat OpenAI, and it was confirmed that Sam Altman willnot be returning to the company.

Now, it looks likeMicrosoft will be the big winneramidst the shaky leadership changes at OpenAI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced on X (formerly Twitter) that “Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team.“

Microsoft willcontinue its partnership with OpenAI(and work out things with the new leadership). However, Altman along with a few brilliant, influential AI researchers whopreviously worked at OpenAIwill be joining Microsoft and will essentially become a driving force in Microsoft’s endeavors into artificial intelligence! So yeah, Microsoft is bringing the main man and the brains behind ChatGPT to their company without buying 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…— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella)November 20, 2023

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…— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella)November 20, 2023

Microsoft has invested billions of dollars into OpenAI. Currently, it uses GPT to deployCopilot, which is available on Windows 11and alsocoming to Windows 10soon. Furthermore, there are plans to integrate it across Microsoft 365 and Office products too. Soon, Sam Altman could start contributing towards the development ofMaia chips for AI.

According to anNYT report, Sam’s plans regarding a new company involved pitching AI processing chips to several investors. It attracted a lot of interest including Microsoft’s. When at OpenAI, Sam Altman was already working with Microsoft to refine these chips.

That is just a glimpse of what could happen in the present. In the future, it will be very exciting to see all the big plans by Microsoft with itsnew AI research team. They have the right members, especially Sam Altman, perhaps the most renowned person in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Hopefully, Sam Altman’s goal of making AI that enriches human lives remains true!

Do you believe that Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, joining Microsoft will be good for the AI industry? After he was kicked from his own company, it was only a matter of a few days for the mastermind to join Satya Nadella’s side instead. This is where Altman will work now, to further innovate upon AI. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Satyam Kumar

Highly passionate about technology. Major expertise in PC hardware, the VR industry, esports-centric gear, and other gadgets. In my spare time, I’m usually researching exciting hardware breakthroughs or playing competitive games.

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