Microsoft will hire Sam Altman, the co-founder and former number one of the start-up OpenAI, Satya Nadella, the US giant’s boss, announced on Monday, three days after announcing the Silicon Valley star’s dismissal.
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, both co-founders of OpenAI, “will join forces with other Microsoft colleagues to lead a new AI research team,” Mr. Nadella wrote on X (formerly Twitter). OpenAI is the startup that launched the generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT.
“The mission continues,” Sam Altman, 38, responded to this announcement on the social network X.
Microsoft has invested several billion dollars in OpenAI and integrated the technology into its own products, such as the Bing search engine.
OpenAI’s board caused a surprise on Friday when it announced the Silicon Valley star’s dismissal, effective immediately, after “an advisory review process by the board concluded that he was “not always consistent in his communications with the council had been open-hearted, which was a hindrance.” his ability to fulfill his responsibilities.”
This body no longer has “confidence in its ability to lead OpenAI,” she added.
Several managers at the company, which was founded at the end of 2015, have now announced their resignation, most notably CEO Greg Brockman.
The first version of ChatGPT, which went live on November 30, 2022, sparked a race in artificial intelligence (AI).
Widely viewed as a revolution comparable to the advent of the Internet, generative AI makes it possible to produce text, lines of code, images and sounds in everyday language upon simple request. It also raises serious concerns about the threats particularly to democracy (massive disinformation) or employment (replaced jobs).