"Train Wreck Situation": Sam Altman Joins Microsoft As OpenAI Taps Ex-Twitch CEO
AI,Microsoft,Twitch,Technology
"Wild Times": Sam Altman Joins Microsoft As OpenAI Taps Ex-Twitch CEO Microsoft shares climbed 2.7% in premarket trading, approaching a new record high, following the announcement that OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will head a new cutting-edge AI research division for the tech giant. This development is particularly surprising given that Altman was dismissed from OpenAI just last week, with Emmett Shear, the co-founder of Twitch, a video streaming platform, stepping in as the interim CEO overnight, The Wall Street Journal reported. Shear's appointment as OpenAI's interim CEO...
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