The Latest Breaking News from Sam Altman

The surprise development follows Altman's abrupt ouster from OpenAI by its board of directors over an apparent rift over balancing AI safety with the push to publicly release new powerful AI tools.

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are expected to "lead a new advanced AI research team," according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Microsoft CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella says Altman will lead “new advanced AI research team” at the company.

The days-long saga at the helm of the world’s best known AI business took another turn this morning after ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it would hire the former boss of Twitch as its new CEO, while its ousted exec Sam Altman would move to lead investor Microsoft to run an…

On Friday, OpenAI’s high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company’s board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed as the board president, after which he promptly resigned.

OpenAI’s board hired former Twitch chief Emmett Shear as chief executive officer, defying calls from investors to reinstate the ousted Sam Altman, according to people familiar with the matter.

The shock announcement follows reports that Microsoft and other investors were pushing to reinstate Altman as CEO.

Investors raced to reinstate Altman after the OpenAI board fired him Friday. But Elon Musk says for AI safety reasons the true reason for the firing must be revealed.

"None of this bodes well," writes the NYU professor, who's worried about the nonprofit's board getting overpowered.