San Francisco ¨C OpenAI has appointed ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear to lead the startup, replacing Sam Altman, who will join the company¡¯s top backer Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team, the CEO of the software giant said late on Sunday.
¡°We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI¡¯s new leadership team and working with them,¡± Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on social media platform X. He added Microsoft remains committed to its partnership with OpenAI.
Shear was named interim CEO, a person briefed on the appointment said.
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