Elon Musk on Monday mocked Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirming that OpenAI founder Sam Altman will be joining the company after his unceremonious exit from the artificial intelligence research organization.
Elon Musk has quipped that since Altman has now joined Microsoft “…they will have to use Teams’
Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI that created the hugely popular AI tool ChatGPT was fired from the company just days ago. In a public statement, OpenAI’s board accused Altman of hiding information and said that it no longer had confidence in Altman’s leadership of the company.
Altman to Join Microsoft
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced on Monday (November 20) that Altman will join the company and will head an artificial intelligence division.
Microsoft created Teams, an app for workplace communication. While employees can use emoticons and even gifs to have humorous office chats, team communication has a semi-official feel to it.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman terminated after a decision made during Google Meet Musk’s poke appears to suggest that if ever Microsoft fires Altman, they cannot avoid using Teams as it is an in-house workplace communication app.
Microsoft, which has dragged former OpenAI CEO into its camp, itself owns 49 percent of the firm. In the post, Musk commented that Nadella was assuring that the tech giant remains committed to its partnership with OpenAI.
“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. 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,” Nadella posted.
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