OpenAI’s board didn’t budge; it stood by its decision to fire its CEO. Sam Altman is now heading to Microsoft, where he will lead a new advanced AI research team. In today’s episode, we discuss where the industry will go from here.

In other news, Gautam Singhania, Chairman of the Raymond Group, is splitting from his wife of 32 years, Nawaz Modi. Tune in to find out what will become of their shared wealth.

Note: After the podcast was sent to production, new details emerged: Around 500 OpenAI employees have publicly threatened to quit the startup if its board does not resign. Ilya Sutskever, the startup’s Chief Scientist and board member, who reportedly led Altman’s ouster, is one of those employees. And just when we thought the story couldn't get more bizarre.

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The episode was researched and written by Dhruv Sharma and Anup Semwal
Edited by Dinesh Narayanan and Roshni Nair
Produced by Manaswini
Mastered and mixed by Manas and Nirvaan

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