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    Silicon Valley is in upheaval as OpenAI fires founder Sam Altman

    OpenAI, the company that created Chat GPT, unexpectedly ousted its chief executive Sam Altman on Friday. By Monday, Microsoft had hired him to run a new research unit.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 20, 2023 • 1 min read

    OpenAI, the company that created Chat GPT, unexpectedly ousted its chief executive Sam Altman on Friday. By Monday, Microsoft had hired him to run a new research unit.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    LA Opera conductor on holding onto her Colombian roots
    1. 0:00Silicon Valley is in upheaval as OpenAI fires founder Sam AltmanYou’re reading this
    2. 9:32Did a gag order violate Donald Trump’s free speech rights?
    3. 19:25Talent agent and casting director are ‘excitingly busy’ after end of SAG strike
    4. 34:41Lina González-Granado on ‘Frida y Diego,’ always being ready
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