Microsoft emerges victorious from OpenAI meltdown with Sam Altman leading its new AI research team

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Microsoft turned one of the most bizarre weekends in modern tech history into one of the most consequential for itself and perhaps the rest of the industry. With Satya Nadella’s announcement late Sunday that ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Chairman Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft, the Redmond company has seemingly squeezed a sweet outcome from what initially appeared to be some sour circumstances for its ambitions in AI. 

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