Emmett Shear tweeted in July about his time interning at Microsoft.
Emmett Shear tweeted in July about his time interning at Microsoft.
  • Emmett Shear tweeted in July that he once interned at Microsoft, and likened it to selling his soul.
  • That could be awkward, given how Microsoft owns 49% of the company he now helms.
  • The OpenAI CEO is a prolific tweeter who posts about anything from sexual fantasies to Nazis vs AI.

Emmett Shear was apparently a Microsoft intern once, and he didn't seem to enjoy the experience.

"When I was interning for Microsoft every paycheck felt like I was getting the payment for a little chunk of my soul in the mail," he tweeted in July.