After OpenAI tried all weekend to hire former CEO Sam Altman back, Microsoft hired him and fellow co-founder Greg Brockman. Altman will be CEO of a new AI research team. Great move by MS — and obvious in retrospect…didn’t see many pundits predicting this…
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(CW: child sexual abuse) I think another thing to keep in mind in all of this (and something not a lot of people are aware of): Altman's sister Annie has alleged that she "experienced sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, and financial abuse from my biological siblings, mostly Sam Altman and some from Jack Altman". You can read more about her statements on this at The Mary Sue.
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