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Over 500 OpenAI workers threatened to quit in an open letter after CEO Sam Altman was fired by the company's board.
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Early on Monday morning, Microsoft hired Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team after he was ousted from his position at OpenAI last week.
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