Inside Sam Altman's 'extraordinary firing' from OpenAI

Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI who was dramatically fired on Friday by the company he co-founded, has been hired by Microsoft, capping off a whirlwind few days that have rocked the tech sector. The suddenness of his sacking, and "the Icarus-like fall it represents for Altman, is difficult to overstate", said The Atlantic. It's "as if Bill Gates was abruptly shown the door at Microsoft in 1995". Employees at OpenAI, along with Silicon Valley's big guns, rallied behind Altman over the weekend. Leading investors led by Microsoft, which...