
What you need to know
- Microsoft announced that it is hiring Sam Altman, ex-CEO of OpenAI.
- Altman was fired by OpenAI last week after the board said they had lost confidence in his leadership.
- Altman will be joined by Greg Brockman to lead a new AI research team at Microsoft.
- Updated November 20, 2023 at 9:22 AM ET: Altman be the CEO of the new advanced AI research team.
- Updated November 20, 2023 at 9:36 AM ET: Over 500 OpenAI employees have said that they will leave OpenAI and that "Microsoft has assured us that there are positions for all OpenAI employees at this new subsidiary should we choose to join."