OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, recently reinstated after his sudden termination, likened the unbelievably painful experience to the unexpected death of his dad. He was in a Vegas hotel room at the time.
The shuffle, first reported by The Information, comes hours after the firing, and less than day after the same site said brass were optimistic Altman may return.
The bombshell that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be moving to Microsoft comes after reports swirled that former Twitch boss Emmett Shear is set to take his place as OpenAI CEO.
OpenAI s co-founder Ilya Sutskever and more than 500 other employees have threatened to quit the embattled company after its board dramatically fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday.