OpenAI appoints new boss as Sam Altman joins Microsoft in Silicon Valley twist

By Jeffrey Dastin, Anna Tong and Stephanie Kelly SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman moved to backer Microsoft, in a surprise turn of events that capped a tumultuous weekend for the startup at the heart of an artificial intelligence boom. The appointments, settled late at night on Sunday, followed Altman’s abrupt ousting just days earlier as CEO of the ChatGPT maker and ended speculation that he could return. Microsoft rushed in to attract some of the biggest names that left OpenAI, including another co-founder Greg …

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