LISBON, PORTUGAL – NOVEMBER 7: LISBON, PORTUGAL – NOVEMBER 7: On stage at Contentmakers 1 Stage during the second day of Web Summit 2018 at Artis Arena on November 7, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Emmet Shea standing on Twitch. In 2018, more than 70,000 participants from more than 170 countries flew to Lisbon for his Web Summit, including more than 1,500 startups, 1,200 speakers, and 2,600 international journalists. Masu. (Photo credit: Eoin Noonan /Web Summit via Getty Images)
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Only a short time has passed since former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly fired and replaced by Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, who had temporarily served as the company’s interim CEO. Days have passed. A new successor has been named as OpenAI’s interim CEO.
After a weekend of rumors and speculation, former Twitch co-founder and CEO Emmett Shear said: he was confirmed to take the top job At perhaps the most high-profile AI company in the world. In a post on X early Monday morning, Mr. Shear said he received a call from the company asking him to serve as interim CEO.
“After consulting with my family and thinking about it for just a few hours, I have decided to accept,” Shear said in the X post. This comes after Altman, who led OpenAI through the development of the wildly popular generative artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, was fired by his OpenAI board of directors.
The reason for his departure is unclear, but some insiders have expressed concerns that Altman is not the right person for the company. For example, he was also involved in another company, the eye-scanning technology company Worldcoin, and there were concerns that this may have served as a distraction for him.
Who is Emmet Shear?
Mr. Shear is a well-known figure in Silicon Valley, but unknown to most people.
Shear founded Twitch, the live streaming site he co-founded with Justin Kang, Michael Sabel, and Kyle Vogt in 2007, which initially broadcast Kang’s life 24/7, but has become a worldwide phenomenon. It grew to .
Twitch was acquired by Amazon It was acquired in 2014 for $1 billion, and Shear stepped down as CEO of Twitch last year.
During his time at the company, he faced tension from streamers who believed the platform was not protecting their interests. The company is embroiled in a tense battle over his talent with rival YouTube, the latter of which has lured several big names from Twitch with lucrative exclusive broadcast deals.
After Shear left the streaming site, he became a partner at startup accelerator Y Combinator. Altman is the former president of Y Combinator.
Before starting Twitch, Shear was a co-founder of Kiko Calendar, a calendar app developed through the Y Combinator program in 2005.
In a post on X Monday, Shear explained why he took the OpenAI job.
“I recently stepped down from my role as CEO of Twitch due to the birth of my 9-month-old son,” Shear said in a post early Monday morning.
“Spending time with him was so much more rewarding than I ever expected. I was happy to avoid full-time employment.”
“I took this job because I believe OpenAI is one of the most important companies in existence today.When the board shared the situation and asked me to take on the role, , I didn’t make the decision lightly. In the end, I felt I had an obligation to help if I could,” he added.
why is it important
Mr. Schier’s swift rise to CEO of OpenAI puts him in charge of one of the most important companies in the AI world today.
OpenAI is known for its popular generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
The powerful technology behind that chatbot is called a large-scale language model (LLM). It is an AI model that can process and generate human language based on training from vast amounts of data.
As head of OpenAI, Shear is likely to face pressure from regulators, which have been closely monitoring AI modeling companies given the risks the technology poses regarding misinformation and potential job losses. .
Earlier this month, the UK held a pivotal summit on AI safety, attended by leading fundamental AI companies, to discuss some of the most pressing issues in the field.
High on the list of areas for discussion among world leaders was the “existential risk” that AI poses to humans.
Read more in the CNBC report on OpenAI
Altman himself warned: Despite being at the helm of a company committed to rapidly advancing technology, he was faced with the threat of an AI that could wipe out humanity.
Notably, Scheer himself, as well as other technology leaders including Altman and Elon Musk, have made some comments about the possibility that AI could wipe out humanity.
upon the logan bartlett showIn a podcast hosted by Redpoint Ventures general partner Logan Bartlett, Shear said he believes there is a “5-50 chance” that AI will wipe out all human life today.
In addition to this, Shear also said that AI could become more brutal in the future, “which should shit your pants.”
He said a potential sentient artificial intelligence, known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), could not only bring about the extinction of humanity, but also the “possible destruction of all values in the life chain” and “the bomb that destroys the universe.” He added that it could lead to
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Description: The headline of this article has been corrected to reflect the fact that Shear has been named interim CEO of OpenAI.
