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☆ Salesforce CEO pledges to match contracts of OpenAI researchers who resign and join Einstein Trusted AI team
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marc Benioff promised to match the contracts of OpenAI researchers who resign to join Salesforce. The offer comes amid the chaotic ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and rumors Altman could return to the job. "Salesforce will match any OpenAI researcher who has tendered their resignation full cash & equity OTE to immediately join our Salesforce Einstein Trusted AI research team under Silvio Savarese," Benioff, the Salesforce CEO, posted on X in a pledge to buy out the OpenAI researchers' contracts, along with any unrealized profits and sales incentives. As many as 95% of OpenAI workers have also threatened to quit if Altman, the company's co-founder, is not reinstated. AdvertisementSalesforce's Einstein is the company's generative AI program built for managing relationships with customers.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Sam Altman, Altman, —, Salesforce, Silvio Savarese, Einstein, Benioff, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Jakub Pachocki, Szymon Sidor, Aleksander Madry, Savarese, Stanford — Organizations: Salesforce, Service, Enterprise, Business, OpenAI, New York Times, Stanford

The startup's newly appointed interim head moved quickly to dismiss speculation that OpenAI's board ousted Altman due to a spat over the safety of powerful AI models. It was not clear why Murati had stepped down as interim CEO. [1/4]Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. Some of those joining Altman at Microsoft include senior researchers Szymon Sidor and Jakub Pachocki, according to Brockman. Microsoft had supported a return by Altman to the startup, according to sources, a move that seemed likely only hours prior to Monday's announcements.

Persons: OpenAI, Emmett Shear, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI's, Altman, Shear, Ilya Sutskever, we've, Sutskever, Mira Murati, reinstates Altman, Brockman, Bret Taylor, Will Hurd, Murati, Carlos Barria, Richard Windsor, Satya Nadella, Szymon Sidor, Jakub Pachocki, Russ Mould, AJ Bell, Nadella, Jeffry Dastin, Anna Tong, Krystal Hu, Akash Sriram, Aditya Soni, Urvi, Shubham, Stephanie Kelly, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Miyoung Kim, Sam Holmes, Susan Fenton, Chizu Nomiyama, Anil D'Silva Organizations: Microsoft, FRANCISCO, Google, OpenAI, Reuters, Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, Radio Free Mobile, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, Texas, Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, San Franciso, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after a weekend of chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said both Altman and Greg Brockman were joining the company. The move follows a chaotic weekend for Altman after he was ousted as CEO of OpenAI. AdvertisementFormer OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining Microsoft. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced on Monday he was adding both Altman and former OpenAI president Greg Brockman to the company's ranks. In a post on X, Brockman said the new Microsoft team would comprise him, Altman, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, Jakub Pachocki.

Persons: Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, Greg Brockman, —, Nadella, Emmett Shear, ChatGPT, Mira Murati, Brockman, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, Jakub Pachocki Organizations: Microsoft, Service, OpenAI, Twitch

☆ OpenAI's new CEO revealed plans for his first 30 days in an X post at 1 a.m.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Emmett Shear laid out a three-point plan for his first 30 days as CEO in an X post at 1 a.m. The interim CEO revealed plans for his 30 days in in a X post at 1 a.m. PT – including hiring an investigator and restructuring the leadership team. The Twitch cofounder's three-point plan came just hours after Shear became OpenAI's second temporary chief in the space of three days. OpenAI's former CTO, Mira Murati, briefly became interim CEO Friday after the board removed Sam Altman . Shear included hiring an independent investigator in his first tasks in the post, which also criticized OpenAI's board for its handling of Altman's departure.

Persons: Emmett Shear, Sam Altman's, Shear, —, Mira Murati, Sam Altman, Altman, Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, Satya Nadella Organizations: Service, Business

☆ OpenAI is bleeding talent in the wake of Sam Altman's ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Brockman announced three key OpenAI staffers are following him and Sam Altman to Microsoft. Sam Altman is heading up a new AI team at Microsoft after his shock firing by the OpenAI board. All three are senior or longstanding employees at OpenAI, suggesting that the company may face a talent drain after Altman's shock firing. OpenAI announced that Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear would become interim CEO of the AI firm, after negotiations to bring Altman back broke down. The Information also reported that fellow AI startups Cohere and Adept were reaching out to OpenAI employees and that Google Deepmind had received an uptick in resumes from OpenAI workers.

Persons: Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, —, Satya Nadella's, Altman, Jakub Pachocki, Szymon Sidor, Aleksander Madry —, OpenAI, Twitch, Emmett Shear, Pachocki, Mira Murati, Brad Lightcap, Ilya Sutskever, Tao Xu, Google Deepmind, Jim Fan Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Google Locations: OpenAI

☆ Sam Altman is out of OpenAI and has joined Microsoft. Here's a full timeline of the chaos that landed him there.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Twitch CEO and cofounder, Emmett Shear, was named interim CEO of the company and Altman had joined former partner Microsoft. Altman was ousted from OpenAI in a shock board decisionAltman was immediately ousted from OpenAI in a dramatic board decision on Friday. According to a timeline provided by fellow OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman, Altman received a text from board member Ilya Sutskever asking to talk at midday Friday. OpenAI board was 'optimistic' about getting Altman backInvestors, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, were reportedly "blindsided" by the decision to remove Altman. Altman and Brockman join MicrosoftIn a final twist, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella scooped up Altman and Brockman to lead "a new advanced AI research team" at Microsoft.

Persons: Sam Altman, kickstarting, Altman, —, Emmett Shear, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Brockman, Sutskever, OpenAI, Satya Nadella, Jason Kwon, Nadella, Shear, Mira Murati, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, Jakub Pachocki Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Twitch, OpenAI, Bloomberg, The

☆ OpenAI is 'optimistic' that it can bring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other senior figures back, The Information reported
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI's board abruptly ousted CEO Sam Altman on Friday. In response, several senior figures, including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, left their posts. AdvertisementOpenAI appears "optimistic" that it can reel its ousted CEO Sam Altman back to the company just a day after he was suddenly pushed out of his role on Friday, The Information reported. i love the openai team so much — Sam Altman (@sama) November 19, 2023Several employees re-posted the note with a heart emoji. A condition that Altman set for him to re-assume his CEO role is if the existing board resigned, the Journal reported.

Persons: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, —, OpenAI, Jason Kwon, Altman, OpenAI's, — Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor —, Kwon, Sam, Greg, Jakub, Syzmon, Aleksander, Altman's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Wall Street

☆ 3 senior OpenAI researchers resign in the wake of Sam Altman's shock dismissal as CEO, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI in a shock move on Friday. AdvertisementThree senior researchers have quit from artificial intelligence firm OpenAI following the dismissal of its CEO Sam Altman, The Information reported, citing multiple people familiar with the situation. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon," he wrote. AdvertisementOpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever speaks alongside the company's CEO Sam Altman. Under Altman's tenure, OpenAI launched the pioneering AI chatbot ChatGPT and secured $10 billion in investment from Microsoft.

Persons: Sam Altman, —, Altman, OpenAI, Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, Pachocki, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam, Ilya, Greg, Sutskever, JACK GUEZ, chatbot ChatGPT Organizations: Service, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft Locations: OpenAI

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