The co-founder of the live entertainment platform Twitch, Emmett Shearannounced this Monday that it will be the new interim director of OpenAIthe company that launched the ChatGPT artificial intelligence platform and fired its leader Sam Altman on Friday.

“Today I received a call inviting me to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Shear explained in a tweet on the X network (ex-Twitter).

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The board of directors of OpenAI surprised on Friday by announcing the immediate firing of Altman, a Silicon Valley star, following the “deliberative review by the board (of directors), which concluded that he was not always candid in his communication with the board, which hindered their ability to carry out their responsibilities.

The board lost “confidence in his ability to lead OpenAI,” the company added.

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Emmett Shear He said he plans to open an independent investigation in the next 30 days to shed light on Altman’s firing.

Since the first version of ChatGPT came out on November 30, 2022, millions of people have used it. Its appearance accelerated the race for artificial intelligencewhich face giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta.

Considered a revolution comparable to the arrival of the internet, generative artificial intelligence can create ideas, content, images and sounds.