Microsoft hires ex-OpenAI leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead new AI team

Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” the software conglomerate’s chief Satya Nadella said Monday, capping three days of intense discussions following the unexpected decision by OpenAI’s board to dismiss Altman. Many OpenAI members, including the co-founder Brockman, left the firm in protest … Read more