The Tech Veteran Tapped to Replace Sam Altman at OpenAI

When Emmett Shear got the call on Sunday, he’d been taking a break from running things to be a stay-at-home dad. Now the executive who created the world’s pre-eminent livestreaming service finds himself in the center of the battle over the future of artificial intelligence as OpenAI’s new impresario.

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