New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear Lands at Center of High-Stakes AI Boom

Shear co-founded Twitch and had stepped down from the Amazon.com-owned live video streaming platform earlier this year.

The Information first reported the appointment of Shear as interim CEO.

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Altman and Greg Brockman, who stepped down from the OpenAI board as chairman as part of the management shuffle, joined executives at the company's headquarters on Sunday after then interim CEO Mira Murati told staff she invited Altman

Altman posted an image of himself on X on Sunday wearing an OpenAI guest badge with the caption: "first and last time i ever wear one of these."

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Shortly after the internal announcement of Shear's appointment, distraught employees "streamed out" of OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco, The Information reported.

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