Fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman lands gig at Microsoft in yet another surprise move

Microsoft’s CEO announced in the early hours of Monday morning that Sam Altman — who was ousted from artificial-intelligence startup OpenAI in a surprise announcement late Friday — is joining Microsoft. “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,” Microsoft chief Satya Nadella shared. Brockman, a close ally of Altman, said he would step down from the board, but later quit his role as OpenAI’s president entirely in protest of...