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- Emmett Shear is the new interim CEO of OpenAI following the ouster of Sam Altman.
- Shear is a cofounder of Twitch and the former CEO of the gaming-focused streaming platform.
- Amazon bought Twitch for $970 million in 2014.
Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has been named the new interim CEO of OpenAI following Sam Altman's shock firing at the artificial intelligence startup over the weekend.