OpenAI taps Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear as interim CEO

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Emmett Shear, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, has been named interim CEO at OpenAI, the latest turn in a wildly dramatic weekend for the company following the ouster of Sam Altman as CEO.

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