Nov. 20, 2023, 2:55 p.m. | Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian www.theguardian.com

Firing of industry figurehead led to rebellion at his former employer and his hiring by its rival Microsoft


The blog headline was anodyne – “OpenAI announces leadership transition” – but the consequences for Silicon Valley were seismic.

On Friday the company behind the hit AI text-generating system ChatGPT announced that Sam Altman, figurehead for the business and the artificial intelligence revolution that has enthralled and alarmed the world in equal measure, …

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