Sacked Sam Altman of OpenAI along with Greg Brockman has joined Microsoft. Welcoming Sam and Greg Satya Nadella the chief of Microsoft in a tweet wrote – 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 – Satya Nadella
Satya Further added – I’m super excited to have you join as CEO of this new group, Sam, setting a new pace for innovation. We’ve learned a lot over the years about how to give founders and innovators space to build independent identities and cultures within Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios, and LinkedIn, and I’m looking forward to having you do the same.
Sam Altman Says the mission continues
Earlier , Altman quit OpenAI amidst long brewing controversy. While Altman reiterated his defence.
Barnacules a retired Senior Developer and Microsoft reacting to the news of Sam Altman wrote –
The recent developments in the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI present a complex and intriguing corporate narrative. It appears that Microsoft’s strategic moves were meticulously planned well in advance. Typically, Microsoft avoids redundant investment in areas where it is already funding initiatives, such as OpenAI. This suggests a calculated approach to their recent actions.
The core of this strategy seems to have revolved around acquiring key personnel from OpenAI. The departure of Sam Altman from OpenAI, which might have appeared to be the result of internal conflicts, could have been a strategic move to circumvent legal barriers that prevented his direct recruitment by Microsoft. Following this, the controversial decision by Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder of OpenAI, may have been orchestrated to facilitate his exit and subsequent recruitment by Microsoft.
This sequence of events suggests a broader strategy to consolidate control over OpenAI’s valuable assets and intellectual property. By bringing key figures on board, Microsoft could effectively gain the full value of OpenAI’s technology and research. The alleged plan might involve the termination of OpenAI’s funding, citing a breach of contract due to the unannounced dismissal of its CTO and CEO. This could potentially lead to the dissolution of OpenAI, allowing Microsoft to seamlessly integrate their technology and expertise.
Such a maneuver, if true, represents a sophisticated and rapid form of corporate acquisition, keeping stakeholders and investors off-balance and unable to effectively respond. The strategy could culminate in the absorption of OpenAI’s technical staff and intellectual property by Microsoft. Once the valuable aspects of OpenAI are integrated, it’s speculated that OpenAI might cease operations, funneling its clientele directly to Microsoft due to the compatibility and integration of their technologies.
This narrative, which unfolds like a plot from a corporate thriller, might also explain why these events transpired over a weekend, traditionally a quieter time for business operations, allowing for a strategic delay in public responses and decision-making.
Observers are now keenly watching for further developments, including potential moves by the SEC. One intriguing aspect of this corporate saga is whether advanced AI technologies, such as GPT-5, might have played a role in devising this strategy. As the situation evolves, it continues to captivate the tech world, resembling a dramatic heist story.
The truth is often stranger than fiction my friends. Keep an eye out for more OpenAI personal moving to Microsoft and the board terminating
ilyasut freeing him from his contract so Sam can him as the technical officer of his new operations under Microsoft. this is all making a little too much sense now that the dust is settling. What do you guys think?
