> "Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team"
ok. So Altman is going to leave OAI to lead a team at Microsoft and Ilya and The Board will stay at OpenAI.
I think having Altman & co at MS is probably marginally better than having them at openAI, but note that this makes the AI scene much more multipolar. It's basically a fission event that splits the most powerful project (OpenAI) into two.
I think at this stage any hope of a single project winning with a huge lead is done for, but also the risk of Sam doing something drastic with little or no oversight is also over.
Satya Nadella@satyanadella
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.
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