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Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, after he was unexpectedly pushed out of the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked ...

More than three days after OpenAI was thrown into chaos by Sam Altman’s sudden firing from his post as CEO, one big question remains unanswered: Why? The board’s brief and somewhat cryptic statement ...

Editor's note: Update: OpenAI board rehires Sam Altman Nov. 22. OpenAI's executive loss is Microsoft's gain. The 60-hour whirlwind news cycle that began Friday, Nov. 17, with OpenAI's board firing CEO ...

After a flurry of weekend negotiations, Microsoft said it hired Sam Altman — two days after the board of OpenAI abruptly ousted him as CEO — while OpenAI recruited Emmett Shear, most recently chief ...