Microsoft hires co-founders of ChatGPT creator OpenAI

Microsoft on Monday hired two leading executives from the company that created ChatGPT after one of them was abruptly fired by OpenAI, the start-up whose chatbot kicked off the era of generative artificial intelligence.

The developments followed a weekend of drama that shocked the AI field and fuelled speculation about how the changes would shake out at OpenAI, which named Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, as interim chief executive on Friday and then replaced her on Sunday. The newest CEO vowed to investigate the firing of co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, one of the world’s most sought-after experts on AI.