Both the CEO of OpenAI and the biggest investor of OpenAI still don't seem to know why Sam Altman was fired

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Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, and Emmett Shear speak at conferences.
As Emmett Shear and Satya Nadella work to steady the OpenAI ship, they're indicating they still don't know why Sam Altman was fired.

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Satya Nadella says it doesn't matter where Sam Altman ends up because he'll still be working with Microsoft anyway

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Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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Ilya Sutskever's U-turn on ousting Sam Altman came after Greg Brockman's wife cried and asked him to change his mind: WSJ

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OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Sutskever (right), and former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June 2023.
OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Sutskever (right), and former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June 2023.

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft 'will definitely have a place for all AI talent' in the wake of OpenAI drama

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
"We will definitely have a place for all AI talent to come here and move forward on the mission," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Kara Swisher on Monday.

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Salesforce CEO pledges to match contracts of OpenAI researchers who resign and join Einstein Trusted AI team

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Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce (left) and Sam Altman former OpenAI CEO (right).
Following Sam Altman's ouster at OpenAI, Marc Benioff of Salesforce offered to buy out the contracts of any OpenAI researchers who resigned to join Salesforce.

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Satya Nadella says he wants governance changes on OpenAI's board but didn't say if Microsoft is getting a seat

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Microsoft and OpenAI CEOs Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI's first developer conference.

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Turns out, Meta's Threads is good for breaking news

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Despite Meta's Adam Mosseri saying that Threads will not promote news, it did a pretty good job with OpenAI's bombshell on Friday and through the weekend.

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Why you should care about Sam Altman, Microsoft, and the OpenAI CEO mess

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Sam Altman
Sam Altman was forced out as the CEO of OpenAI on Friday, setting into motion a weekend of chaos for the company.

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95% of OpenAI workers have threatened to quit if Sam Altman is not reinstated as CEO

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the company's board on Friday.

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US stocks jump as bond yields slip and Microsoft shares surge

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Microsoft stock added around $54 billion in market value on Monday.

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