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Today I got a call inviting me to consider a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to become the interim CEO of @OpenAI. After consulting with my family and reflecting on it for just a few hours, I accepted. I had recently resigned from my role as CEO of Twitch due to the birth of my…

@eshear @OpenAI Congrats — I admire the clarity with which you're thinking and communicating about this here. When I heard the news I thought of your son and imagined you thought a lot about him too! I see it as a good sign for all that you name your family as involved in the choice.

@eshear @OpenAI Congrats Emmet. That was a brutal trolley problem and I respect your hard choice to throw the switch 🫡 Best of luck! https://t.co/RO99a9Egrd


@eshear @OpenAI tfw one of your favorite poasters turns out to be the new head of Open AI https://t.co/Keie1Ce9kr


@eshear @OpenAI Hey congratulations! I’ve built up a lot of admiration for you over the years from your Twitter.What’s your plan for ensuring that our applications using OpenAI keys won’t break and that we won’t experience lower latency given the large talent migration to Microsoft?