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World Business Report: First broadcast 20/11/2023 15:32 GMT : Ousted OpenAI boss Sam Altman takes new position at Microsoft

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Ousted OpenAI boss Sam Altman takes new position at Microsoft

First broadcast 20/11/2023 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 20/11/2023 15:32 GMT : Ousted OpenAI boss Sam Altman takes new position at Microsoft

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Ousted OpenAI boss Sam Altman takes new position at Microsoft

Sam Altman co – founder of OpenAI has joined Microsoft just 48 hours after he was sacked.

Sam Altman will head up “new advanced AI research team” at Microsoft. He was sacked from OpenAI, the firm responsible for creating the popular bot ChatGPT on Friday.

Microsoft has hired Sam Altman, former boss of OpenAI best known for the artificial intelligence bot ChatGTP, 48 hours after he was dismissed from the company.

Chief Executive Satya Nadella announced on X, (formerly Twitter) that Mr Altman had join the company as lead of a “new advanced AI research team”. Ex-Twitch CEO has taken Mr. Altman’s previous position at Open AI.

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(Picture: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI participates in the "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

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