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Microsoft Hires Sam Altman Hours After OpenAI Rejects His Return (www.nytimes.com)
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Microsoft Hires Sam Altman Hours After OpenAI Rejects His Return::The announcement capped a tumultuous weekend for OpenAI, after Mr. Altman made a push to reclaim his job as C.E.O. of the artificial intelligence company.

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[โ€“] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 11 months ago

Altman and Brockman were the founding leadership of the company/organization and many of these employees are "rockstar" researchers. They wanted to be a part of what they were leading โ€” so it makes sense they still would even if it's under Microsoft.