Elon Musk takes a dig after Satya Nadella announces Altman is joining Microsoft
Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter
Elon Musk was very active on Twitter (now X) anyway, and after he took over the social media platform, his posts (formerly tweets) are getting greater attention. Musk often pokes fun at trending issues, and in focus this time is the Sam Altman-OPenAI saga and the Microsoft bit that followed it.
Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI that created the hugely popular AI tool ChatGPT was fired from the company just days ago. In a public statement, OpenAI's board accused Altman of hiding information and said that it no longer had confidence in Altman's leadership of the company.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced on Monday (November 20) that Altman will jointhe company and will head an artificial intelligence division.
Enter Elon Musk.
The billionaire entrepreneur has quipped that since Altman has now joined Microsoft "...they will have to useTeams'
Teams is a workplace communication application developed by Microsoft and though the employees can have a lighthearted workplace chat using emojis and even gifs, the communication on Teams has some semblance of being semi-official.
It has been reported, that OpenAI board fired Altman during a meeting organised on Google Meet and not Teams, which was used at OpenAI. Musk's poke appears to suggest that if ever Microsoft fires Altman, they cannot avoid using Teams as it is in-house workplace communication app.
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Microsoft, which has dragged former OpenAI CEO in its camp, itself owns 49 per cent of the firm. In the post, Musk has commented on, Nadella was assuring that the tech giant remains committed to its partnership with OpenAI.
"We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success," Nadella posted.