Microsoft's (MSFT) bold move to hire ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after days of chaos will help the software and cloud giant widen its lead in artificial intelligence.
Greg Brockman, another OpenAI co-founder as well as its president and chairman, also departed and joined Altman to lead a new AI effort at Microsoft.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is a key AI partner of Microsoft, which has invested billions of dollars in the startup.
"A lot of people could be poached" from OpenAI, Jim speculated.
Reception for Copilot, a generative AI tool for Microsoft 365 productivity apps, has also been very positive as well.
Persons:
Sam Altman, OpenAI, Altman, Greg Brockman, I've, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brockman, Satya Nadella, Emmett Shear, Nadella, Jim Cramer's, Gary Hershorn
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Microsoft, NBC, OpenAI, CNBC, NEW, Corbis, Getty
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OpenAI, NY, New York City