OpenAI Taps ex-Twitch CEO to Lead as Altman Joins Microsoft

(Bloomberg) — OpenAI’s board hired former Twitch chief Emmett Shear as chief executive officer, defying calls from investors to reinstate the ousted Sam Altman.

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Altman and Greg Brockman, who quit the board around the same time, will join Microsoft Corp. and help lead a newly created in-house AI development team. CEO Satya Nadella said in a post early on Monday that his company remains committed to the OpenAI relationship and was looking forward to working with Shear…