OpenAI staff threaten mass exodus to join ex-CEO Altman
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San Francisco (AFP) – Hundreds of staff at OpenAI threatened to quit the leading artificial intelligence company on Monday and join Microsoft, deepening a crisis triggered by the shock sacking of CEO Sam Altman. In a fast-moving sequence of events, Altman, who was ousted by the board on Friday, has now been hired by Microsoft where he will take the lead in developing a new advanced AI research team. There was talk Monday that OpenAI is interested in Altman returning, and that he may be open to the idea under certain conditions. “We want to partner with Open AI and we want to partner with Sam s…