openai's board is founding -- hiring the founder of twitch emmett shear. this follows the portrait of sam altman. the company at the center of the ai boom but thrown into uncertainty after altman's sudden dismissal on friday. tom mackenzie have been monitoring his phone second by second. talk to us about what this appointment would mean. >> emmett shear and this reporting came through from the team in san francisco 30 minutes ago. this was after overnight we were looking at these negotiations between the board and sam altman. altman was in the offices of openai over the weekend. we have the news that emmett shear, formerly the ceo of twitch up until early this year, has been appointed the ceo. it's quite the dramatic turnaround given we reporting that the board and sam altman were negotiating potentially over his return. emmett shear cofounded justin.tv, a video platform, then the ceo of twitch. he has a part-time partner at a vc firm at y combinator. we will see how long the appointment lasts because we know the tensions exist between the existing investo

has selected em emmett shear as the ceo. the appointment that lasted 48 hours. in a statement on x, nadella says he looks forward to getting to know emmett shear and the new leadership team. >> thank you, silvana. microsoft shares up 2% we will see you later on in the a.i. shakeup later in the hour. >>> and the biggest for the s&p and nasdaq with gains since 2020 r br ryan detrick is joining me now >> good morning, frank. >> you say you don't see recession coming up this year. it looks like were you right as we see the rally in the markets, what are you expecting as we go into the holiday week and appear at a time with two more inflation reports and a fed meeting in. >> frank, we thought we would avoid recession. we had the pullbacks and volatility, but this week, specifically, is what it is. holiday week we would not be surprised with a little upward buy and low volume and low news we talked about this a month ago. we expected a late october low like you tend to see pre-election year is usually strong we talked about the strong consumer we have seen a better ec

she has since been replaced by this man, emmett shear. emmett shear is the former ceo of twitch.that announcement was made, distressed employees were seen leaving the openai headquarters. some breaking news commentaries, we are hearing that shakira has reached are hearing that shakira has reached a deal with tax authorities in spain to avoid a $15 million tax fraud trial, according to the judge. to avoid a $15 million tax fraud trial, according to thejudge. she had arrived at court in barcelona about 9am this morning, an hour or so ago following spain ensuring top stars pay their full tax so ago following spain ensuring top stars pay theirfull tax burdens including the footballer lionel messi. developments to come. stay with us and thank you for watching. hello again. it has been quite mild over the weekend and a mild day to day. looking at the temperature profile you see how this mild air is replaced briefly by blue and we see a return to yellow a number indicating it will stay mild for much of the week until friday, the black colour returns indicating the weather will turn cold

she has since been replaced by this man, emmett shear. emmett shear is the former ceo of twitch.arter, has died — she was 96. rosalynn was married tojimmy carter, who was president in the 1970s, for 77 years. her family say she died peacefully at her home in plains, georgia. she had entered hospice care at her home. jimmy said that rosalynn was his equal partner in everything he accomplished. he said that as long as rosalynn was in the world, i always knew somebody loved and supported me. rosalynn, who championed mental health and women�*s rights, is survived by her husband, and her three children, 11 grandchildren, and 1a great—grandchildren. a reminder that you can get all the latest developments on the situation in estoril and garzo on the bbc news website and that will bring all the information from our correspondence across the region based in israel and gaza and lebanon as well. we are hearing wounded people are still trapped inside the al—shifa hospital in the north of casa, meanwhile reports of israeli tanks being seen in the indonesian hospital in the north following rep

in his place, they have appointed emmett shear, the former ceo of twitch.lions of dollars of it in investment, but also the future of the world itself and the way we all live, if you believe the extraordinary promises made about the power of artificial intelligence. openai, the creator of chatgpt, has now got through three ceos in almost as many days — sam altman, mira moratti, and emmett shear. the cards were reshuffled after sam altman, the friendly face of ai and co—founder of openai, got the boot. and now microsoft has thrown him a bone. hundreds of millions of people use this product every week. and, yeah, over the last weekend, things just seem to have imploded. it was absolute chaos and it sort of showed that no company, no team is immune from the laws of corporate physics. it doesn't matter how powerful the organisation is — one bad decision can be enough to derail everything. it's been a wild weekend, and despite all this drama, we still don't know what spooked openai's board so much that they decided to suddenly fire a popular boss. they said sam

and emmett shear does not have a lot of experience in the space.e was not necessarily in artificial intelligence. he has got a very big task to fill coming up in the future begin that so many people have started leaving as well. what do these developments over the weekend mean for open a.i.'s future for the company >> i know it is not impossible you could say open a.i. has imploded and not able to continue in its current form you know, from that perspective, you know, i think chatgpt will continue the question is, how will it get better if all of the people who made it great and better have all left the company, how will it improve from here? it is two scenarios which i see as that microsoft helps stabilize the ship and continues to do chatgpt, but most goes to microsoft. you get a vreversal of the situation with microsoft providing the technology with open a.i. to give you chatgpt. at the moment, the future for open a.i. is bleak indeed. because you had the fundamental conflict which has blown up spectacularly. >> that is a good place to leave it

named emmett shear who is former ce of of streaming platform twitch. that's not the only tech trouble today. cruise cofounder and ceo announced he is stepping down a month after the dmv suspended the driver less permit. this follows the incident in san francisco where a cruise car reportedly dragged a pedestrian hit by another car. >>> elon musk is under fire from members of congress. companies have also stopped advertising on x after he endorsed a post on his social media that spreads a discredited racist theory about jewish communities. scott macfarlane is following the controversy on x and threat of government action. >> reporter: as war rages in middle east and anti-semitism rises in u.s. musk is under new scrutiny for messages on x. >> elon musk has turned x into a ses pool of hate street and extremist incitement. >> reporter: following a post which claimed jewish communities are spreading hatred against whites musk replied to the followers you have said the actual truth, leading to lawmakers in washington blasting him. >> we'll be taking action w

the company has named emmett shear, the co—founder of livestreaming platform twitch as openai's interimprominent openai heads have signed on to the letter — chief technology officer mira murati and the firm's chief scientist, ilya sutskever. on monday morning sutskever tweeted that he deeply regrets his participation in board's actions. openai has been the dominant force in al development with its chatgpt chat bot. this episode is highlighting a split within the field of ai between those pushing for progress and those urging caution. meanwhile, microsoft has invested more than $13 billion in openai. it's quickly hired altman and brockman who will lead a new advanced ai research team. openai employees said in their letter microsoft had assured them that there were jobs for all. on monday, altman and brockman�*s hiring sent microsoft shares up 2%, hitting a record high for the technology giant. mr altman's forced exit from openai has sent shockwaves across the world of artificial intelligence. the technology's been making headlines since the company's chatgpt was made available to the pub

of chatgpt, has now got through three ceos in almost as many days — sam altman, mira murati and emmett sheard co—founder of 0penai, got the boot. and now microsoft has thrown him a bone. hundreds of millions of people use this product every week. and, yeah, over the last weekend, things just seem to have imploded. it was absolute chaos and it sort of showed that no company, no team is immune from the laws of corporate physics. it doesn't matter how powerful the organisation is, one bad decision can be enough to derail everything. it's been a wild weekend — and despite all this drama, we still don't know what spooked 0penai's board so much that they decided to suddenly fire a popular boss. they said sam altman hadn't been honest with them. was he working on a project they didn't agree with? had they discovered a secret new ai development? or was it something very human? was it all about making money? inside 0penai, many staff want their old boss back. today, the firm's chief scientist admitted he was wrong to support the firing of sam altman and signed a letter alongside other workers saying

the company has named emmett shear, the co—founder of livestreaming platform twitch as its interim ceoinent open ai had to have signed on to the letter and chief technology officer and chief technology officer and the firm's chief scientist. on monday morning there was a tweet seeing there was a deep regret on the board's actions. the openai has been the dominant force in a development with its chatgpt chat port. this episode highlights a split in the field of ai between those pushing for progress and those pushing for progress and those urging caution. meanwhile microsoft has invested more than $13 billion in openai. it has quickly hired altman and brockman who will lead a new advanced ai research team. openai employee set and letter microsoft had assured them that there were for all. on monday altman and brockman�*s curry said microsoft shows up 2%, hitting a record high for the tech giant. as herod mentioned, missed altman's forced exit from openai has sent shock waves across the world of artificial intelligence. the fledgling technology has been making headlines since the company's

openai's board then named twitch boss emmett shear as its new ceo and microsoft hired altman. microsoft had been openai's biggest investor, helping it bring ai into the mainstream with altman at the helm. just two weeks ago he was making this bold promise. >> as intelligence gets integrated everywhere, we will all have superpowers on demand. >> but behind the scenes chatgpt's board of directors was losing confidence in altman when they fired him friday. they said he was not consistently candid in his communications with them, adding that the company remains committed that it benefits all humanity. the vast majority of the 770 employees have reported by signed onto a letter demanding that the entire board now resign, saying your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing openai. we heard today from a san jose state cybersecurity expert and lecturer who says no one saw this coming. >> you're talking about 2 million programmers that actually building their programs based on openai chatgpt and they're really looking at it carefully now saying should we conti

in the meantime, it changes its mind on the first ceo, appoints emmett shear, then altman and other talent are hired by microsoft. >> microsoft is a huge investor in openai, $13 billion worth with, but didn't have any say. >> because they didn't have a seat on the board, which is just bizarre. it is a tiny board, just four people, and i'm quite sure microsoft wants to change that. >> so, what happens next? does altman return? >> i think probably so. i mean, there are so many employees that say they're angry over him leaving. altman more than qualified to be ceo because he was ceo. microsoft i think will be okay in giving up, because they immediately hired him. i think because microsoft partially owns ai, they hired him before anyone else could so that they could work this out and get him back to ai. speculation on my part, but that sounds logical. >> we'll continue to follow. >>> more housing help is coming for those who need it most in the south bay. last month, san jose leaders approved new transitional housing. this is in a small lot. the developer is donating the site for the city for

. >> as for who is in charge of openai going forward, last night the company named emmett shear the interim ceo. the 40-year-old shear is the co-founder and former ceo of the popular live streaming site twitch. under his leadership twitch went from being a startup to purchased by amazon in 2014. he stepped down earlier this year after the birth of his child. >>> elon musk facing criticism from high up as the white house after he endorsed a post on his social media platform spreading a racist theory about jewish communities. anne makovec has more on the fallout and musk's defense. >> he's got more on the fallout from members of congress threatening government action and companies that stopped advertising on x following a post last wednesday which claimed jewish communities are spreading hatred against whites. musk replied to his 163 million followers, "you have said the actual truth." now giant advertisers are fleeing x, suspending their ads, including disney, ibm, apple, comcast, lionsgate and paramount, parent company of cbs. last week the white house responded to the post saying, "we cond

sam altman, mira moratti and emmett shear. of ai and co—founder of 0penai, got the boot and now microsoft has thrown him a bone. hundreds of millions of people use this product every week. and yeah, over the last weekend, things just seem to have imploded. it was absolute chaos and it sort of showed that no company, no team is immune from the laws of corporate physics. it doesn't matter how powerful the organisation is, one bad decision can be enough to derail everything. it's been a wild weekend and despite all this drama, we still don't know what spooked 0penai's board so much that they decided to suddenly fire a popular boss. they said sam altman hadn't been honest with them. was he working on a project they didn't agree with? had they discovered a secret new ai development? or was it something very human? was it all about making money? inside 0penai many staff want their old boss back. this afternoon, the firm's chief scientist admitted he was wrong to support the firing of sam altman. remember, this is a multi—billion dol

and they put him this interim guy, emmett shear, and microsoft, the ceo, satya nadella, actually posted a tweet this morning right here saying, yes, we're stay committed to openai as a partner. right. microsoft is a big investor in openai. but but we're extremely excited to share the news that sam altman and greg brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining microsoft to lead a new advanced ai research team. my goodness, what does that mean? what are they going to be doing at microsoft? >> so it is a phenomenal move on part of microsoft, right. as you mentioned, kristen, microsoft was an original investor in openai, right? they obviously know how openai works. now for them to hire the former ceo. well, guess what? they're taking all that knowhow from openai. right. and that's going to microsoft, right? so instead, we're we're seeing an investment and a collaboration. now, microsoft has the top team from openai. it's a phenomenal move on their part. >> and not only are they getting it seems like they're getting sam altman right. but we also heard 500 out of the 700 employees at ope

of chatgpt, has now got through three ceos in almost as many days — sam altman, mira murati and emmett shear and now microsoft has thrown him a bone. hundreds of millions of people use this product every week. and, yeah, over the last weekend, things just seem to have imploded. it was absolute chaos and it sort of showed that no company, no team is immune from the laws of corporate physics. it doesn't matter how powerful the organisation is, one bad decision can be enough to derail everything. it's been a wild weekend and despite all this drama, we still don't know what spooked openai's board so much that they decided to suddenly fire a popular boss. they said sam altman hadn't been honest with them. was he working on a project they didn't agree with? had they discovered a secret new ai development? or was it something very human? was it all about making money? inside openai, many staff want their old boss back. today, the firm's chief scientist admitted he was wrong to support the firing of sam altman and signed a letter alongside other workers saying they may choose to resign. not many peo

company's 770 employees threatened to quit management and the board is still in touch with altman and emmett shear frank, should open a.i. staff follow through with the threat, nadella tells cnbc microsoft is a fantastic home for people who want to continue >> it sounds like he is offering a job. and marc benioff tweeting as well for those employees marc from salesforce silvana, thank you see you in a bit let's see what this means with sara kunst it is always great to see you. good morning >> good morning. let's get into this. you call this a debacle. great word for the situation a lot of moving parts. if it is a debacle, are there winners or losers? >> the funny thing is this whole thing has felt a little bit like a meme stock we are seeing microsoft, despite the chaos, have the best day ever in trading. it is clear the street likes it. i don't know if satya and sam are in it for in sickness and health or if it is clear that microsoft is deeply committed to a.i. they are liking this the reality is this is not a great look for the governing chops of open a.i. and sam altman this is a very, very me

at open ai emmett shear will serve. cruise ceo and cofounder announced on social media that he is stepping down. this comes a month after california dmv suspended his driver less testing permit. cruise bosses announced removing the rest of the cars off the roads not only in the bay area but nationwide. this follows the october incident in san francisco where a cruise car reportedly dragged a pedestrian that was struck by another car . >>> your community station. we are talking about food for bay area families. amidst having to make cuts our friends at the san francisco marin food bank kicked off their 12th annual turkey drive. shawn chitnis is here with coverage. you are wearing your coat. a lot of people don't know it's cool to keep the food preserved. but your heart is warm because of so many good people there. >> reporter: good morning. they are staying warm because they are ckllso this food can get to those who need it. they're trying to get 1300 turkeys for the holidays. we of course want to support them. we have m

the company has named emmett shear, the co—founder of the live streaming platform twitch as openai�*selopment with its chatgpt chatbot. this episode is highlighting a split within the field of ai between those pushing for progress and those urging caution. meanwhile, microsoft has invested more than $13 billion in open ai. it�*s quickly hired altman and brockman, who will lead a new advanced ai research team. openai employees said in their letter that microsoft had assured them that there were jobs for all. on monday, altman and brockman�*s hiring sent microsoft shares up 2%, hitting a record high for the technology giant. the palestinian football team play australia later today in kuwait in a game that was to be held in the west bank but was relocated after the start of the war in gaza. three of the palestinian team�*s players were unable to join the training ahead of the world cup qualifier and are stuck in gaza. players on australia�*s national team will be donating part of their match fees towards humanitarian causes in gaza. yogita limaye reports from ramallah in the west bank. p

but emmett shear has been named as his replacement. many wanted altmann back. he wrote, first and last time i ever wear one of these. >>> falling short on a major goal, that is what those who came to a somber gathering said tonight as they remembered people killed in traffic crashes throughout the city. alyssa goard was there and has more. >> reporter: flowers line the steps of san francisco city hall. each of them bearing the names of people who have been killed in traffic crashes in the city since 2014. >> what hasn't changed is our streets are still killing people every single day. or severely injuring people. >> reporter: back in 2011, jenny yu says her mom's life changed forever. >> a car was speeding and turning left and struck her. her body flung to the other side of road. >> reporter: her mom survived, but. >> post traumatic stress disorder. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on sunday, jenny went no city hall for a vigil or world day of remembrance for traffic victims. nearly 300 yellow flowers were placed on the steps of city hall to honor the nearly 300 lives lost to

emmett shear will serve as interim chief. >>> cruise ceo and founder announced he will step down. this is a month after california's dmv suspended the driver less testing permit. cruise bosses announced removing the rest of the manually driven cars off the roads nationwide. this follows the october incident in san francisco where a cruise car reportedly dragged a pedestrian struck by another car . >>> an opportunity for us to open our hearts. our community station with one of our most important community initiatives. we are talking about food for bay area families. a midst cuts friends at the san francisco marin food bank kicked off 12th annual turkey drive. shawn chitnis is live to see how all of us can help this month. good morning. >> reporter: reed, good morning. they are certainly keeping busy here. they have been working all night. we want to hear more about that so we are joined with sf marin food bank. good morning. tell us about what's happening and why it is so busy even at this early hour. >> we are a 24 hour operation. you see our new warehouse. they're getting ready t

and the openai board, and what we are hearing, myself, emily chang reporting this as well, is emmett shearrim openai ceo, is having a tough time, is basically in the dark come at a breaking point at this point. caroline: and it's notable that very early investor in openai had been saying how much the former ceo had been digging in and ultimately whether or not that was going to be a difficult scenario to be able to have a board change of direction. ultimately what are you hearing in terms of being pushed of the makeup of the board? many would say doesn't just need sam altman to be reinstated. ed: the name brett taylor, co-ceo of salesforce, keeps coming up time and time again as someone who would be an appeasement to both sides of the discussion. we make the point in the story we have just reported just as the sources make the point to us that the fact that sam is even speaking to adam d'angelo is news. it is a complete change from the weekend. we sat there all day sunday saying that sam is definitely coming back in the board is going to go. we keep going. caroline: we do, and assembly cha

of chatgpt has now got through three ceos in almost as many days sam altman, mira moratti and emmett shear this product every week. and yeah, over the last weekend, things just seem to have imploded. it was absolute chaos and it sort of showed that no company, no team is immune from the laws of corporate physics. it doesn't matter how powerful the organisation is, one bad decision can be enough to derail everything. it's been a wild weekend and despite all this drama, we still don't know what spooked openai's board so much that they decided to suddenly fire a popular boss. they said sam altman hadn't been honest with them. was he working on a project they didn't agree with? had they discovered a secret new ai development? or was it something very human? was it all about making money? inside openai many staff want their old boss back. this afternoon, the firm's chief scientist admitted he was wrong to support the firing of sam altman. remember, this is a multi—billion dollar company with an ai tool used by thousands of millions of people. but ultimately, this is a very human story. openai i

former ceo of twitch emmett shear will now reportedly step in as interim ceo.ll right, let's jump into our abc7 news advancer at 11. what it is it's our useful way of getting you prepared and ahead of the headlines you'll be hearing much more about in the days to come. and of course tonight we are getting you ready for the thanksgiving travel week. first live check on the roads calm tonight from our san mateo bridge camera. you can see they're pretty smooth sailing. even so, triple a expects this to be the busiest thanksgiving travel season since 2019 and the third highest since 2000. of course, this wednesday will be the day to avoid on the roads. but how about the skies? let's take a look outside at sfo. triple a is expecting the busiest thanksgiving since 2005 with tuesday and wednesday being especially jammed. now if you are flying out of here, you may be in the clear. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has more on that, plus the concern of rising flu cases from health experts. thanksgiving travelers were on the move sunday at san francisco international

then they appoint emmett shear instead.n altman was hired by microsoft instead. >> that shocked look on his face is rather fitting. microsoft, it's interesting, they didn't have any say at all in his dismissal, despite this company has invested $13 billion. >> they didn't have a board seat, even though that investment, which itself is crazy, and i'm sure at microsoft they're trying to figure out how they dropped the ball on that one. it's a tiny board, just four people. >> which is amazing. i can't believe that. then you were saying earlier the head of cruise automation also out. >> very different story over the weekend, kyle vogt stepped down voluntarily. altman was fired. cruise technology essentially doesn't work the way they want it to. general motors responded by just getting rid of the ceo position altogether, openai, as i was saying, appointed not one, but two ceos in two days. >> what happens next? does altman return to ai? >> i suspect so. there are so many employees saying they're ready to leave. altman is more th

appoints a third ceo emmett shear.y try to rehire altman, but he's been hired by microsoft instead. >> they had no say, it came so fast. despite the fact that microsoft has invested $13 billion. >> but doesn't have a seat on the board. that's crazy. $13 billion and you don't have a seat on the board. it's a tiny board, just four people. >> that's what i was surprised by. such a big deal but such a small board. >> there are going to be some finger-pointing at microsoft. and then the head of cruise automation is out as well, which is a remarkably different story. kyle vogt stepped down voluntarily. sam altman was fired. cruise technology didn't work, openai works really well. general motors, which owns cruise, responded by getting rid of the ceo position. there will be no direct head of cruise. openai appointed not one, but two ceos in two days. we saw two go, but under very different conditions. >> we're going to need a chart to keep track. everybody is still talking about it this morning. thank you. >> thanks, laura an

open ai named former twitch ceo emmett shear who said he will investigate the mishandling of altman's ouster. the note is signed by notable ais including maratti and she was immediately after altman's firing that's three ceos in three days. open ai could lose a huge chunk of top talent to microsoft, kelly. >> to go back right off the top. it is now 700 now? >> that's the latest count, up to 700 in less than an hour ago. >> 70 of them are hanging on >> we haven't cross-verified to see if everyone is an employee, but that's what's trending. >> i was going to ask if we should expect employees to defect to other tech giants like amazon, but where do you expect this all to shake out? is it ultimately just a move on the board? >> there are so many twists to the story and it is still unfolding and the short answer, i don't know how this unravels it's still happening microsoft wants those employees and this is an industry, generative ai that is still being by scientists and researchers at the moment. it's not just microsoft. everyone is scrambling to appeal to these open ai workers who are wa

the former ceo of twitch, emmett shear, is now reportedly going to step in as interim ceo of openai, a massive relief in southern california just in time for thanksgiving. the stretch of interstate ten damaged by a fire a little over a week ago has reopened way ahead of schedule. the original estimate was 3 to 5 weeks to get these lanes reopened. governor newsom was joined by vice president kamala harris and senator alex padilla yesterday to show appreciation for the crews getting these repairs done in time for this morning's commute. >> i was acutely aware of what closure of the ten would mean for so many people. hard working people, families, many people who, when it was shut down, they can't work from home. their work requires them to be present. >> the fire is being investigated as arson and cal fire is now looking for a person of interest in the case. the agency released these images over the weekend. authorities say he had burns on his left leg and is believed to be between 30 and 35 years old. >> a live check right now on bay area roads this morning. pretty calm right now on o

former ceo of twitch, emmett shear will now be reportedly stepping in as interim ceo and more drama for a different tech founder. >> this time elon musk, who plans to fight back today as more advertisers are pulling away from formerly known as twitter. it comes as concerns are growing about anti semitism on the social media platform. jobina is at the live desk with the details of musk's potential lawsuit. thank you, reggie. >> elon musk is threatening what he describes as a, quote, thermo nuclear lawsuit as the list of companies is suspending ads on ex content. choose to grow longer. apple ibm, lionsgate, paramount and abc7's parent company disney have pulled their ads from that started on thursday when musk agreed with a post echoing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that falsely claims jews are organizing immigrants to replace the white race. >> this is a kind of disaster for elon. a lot of these brands took a look at this tweet and saw it as a step too far. >> the advocacy group media matters reported that x place is ads for major brands. next to content. musk then wrote, quote, the

. >> since the shake-up, open ai named emmett shear the interim ceo. the 40-year-old is the co-founder and former ceo of the popular live streaming site twitch. under his leadership, twitch went from start-up to being purchased by amazon in 2014. he stepped down earlier this year after the birth of his child. . >>> well, if you thought emerging from the pandemic -- excuse me, pandemic would mean food banks had less demand for food. you would be mistaken. the truth is hung ser the highest it's been in years. so your community station is stepping in with action teaming up with bay area food banks to give you an option to be a good neighbor and help out in our food for bay area families donation drive. itay hod shows us how the food bank of contra costa and solano provides critical help. >> reporter: every friday, flora vandow gets her grandkids in the car and heads out to get food for the week but instead she's on her way to church. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: what we're hoping to get here is the basics, she told me. milk, eggs, bre

. >> former ceo of twitch emmett shear has been named interim ceo at open ai and he says one of the thing going to do in his new role is hire an independent investigator to get to the bottom of what happened with the firing. everything leading up to it. >> 7.39 the time and the thanksgiving travel season is underway this morning. and there we have a live look at what traffic is like. they're all the drop-offs and pickups sfo. wow. wow. is their second busiest, they think will be the second busiest travel. yeah. and tomorrow, even busier fact, they say could be the busiest in history. as we've been talking about. we also have some pointers. >> on what you should do to make things as smooth as possible. our dc correspondent basil john has more. >> whether you're traveling by car or plane this year, officials are asking travelers to be patient with the holiday season just around the corner. transportation secretary pete buttigieg says americans will see the busiest travel days in u.s. history. this year we're seeing more people flying than ever with few or cancellations than we have seen in

. >> since the shake-up, openai named emmett shear the interim ceo. the 40-year-old shear is the co-founder and former ceo of the popular live streaming site twitch. under his leadership, twitch went from start-up to being purchased by amazon in 2014. he stepped down earlier this year after the birth of his child. >>> well, if you thought emerging from the pandemic would mean the food banks had less demand for food, you would be mistaken. the truth is, hunger is the highest it's been in years. so your community station is stepping in with action, teaming up with bay area food banks to give you an option to be a good neighbor this season. and even through the year. and help out our food for bay area families donation drive. itay hod shows you how the food bank of contra costa and solano provides that critical help. >> reporter: every friday, flora vandow loads her grandkids in the car and heads out to get food for the week but she's not going to the neighborhood supermarket. but instead she's on her way to church. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >

. >> reporter: as for what's next, openai has named its new interim ceo, emmett shear, who's the formerreaming platform twitch. that's the second interim ceo in as many days. shear said he will hire an independent investigator saying altman's removal was handled, quote, badly. and altman himself in his own late-night post wrote, "the mission continues." as for what happens to the engineers and the altman loyalists, a source directly familiar with the situation has told me that an exodus of engineering talent from openai will complicate the relationship between microsoft and openai a whole bunch. >> that was jo ling kent reporting. >>> thanksgiving is just two days away and aaa estimates more than 55 million americans will travel more than 50 miles over the holiday weekend. most will go by car, and that means a lot of traffic on the roads. in florida, a new rail line is destined to clear up part of that traffic. it links miami to orlando, and it's giving the sunshine state its first taste of the potential for high-speed rail. kris van cleave reports from the train. >> next stop west palm

where do things stand, and have you talked with emmett shear, the new interim ceo? ations with emmett, and there is no real difference from where we were when we were working with mira when she was interim ceo, with sam, and with emmett. we remain very committed to openai and its mission and its roadmap, and they can count on us, and as i said, we are also committed to sam and greg and team who want to join us if they are not at openai or anywhere else. we want them to continue to work here and with partnership with openai. emily: to your knowledge, why was sam fired, and was he involved in any wrongdoing? has the board given you a reason? >> as far as i am concerned, we are very confident in sam and his leadership team. i have not been told anything. they have been published internally at openai that the board has not talked about anything that sam did other than some breakdown in communications and i am not directly in talks with anyone on their board about issues, so i remain confident in sam and his leadership capability. that is why we want to welcome him to mic

openai named former twitch ceo emmett shear as its interim ceo who will investigate the mishandling ofedy appointed as interim ceo on friday immediately following altman's firing. if the board doesn't cave, openai is at risk of losing a huge chunk, most of their talent to microsoft there are about 500 names on the list of about maybe 700 employees at the total company. >> yeah. it's just a shocking series of events, steve, including, of course, this letter as you say signed by mira and elia, the chief scientist at the company who seems to regret given his tweet as well his involvement in the decision to terminate mr. altman, he regrets his participation in the board's action, something that was when parted by altman microsoft specifically, steve, since you cover the company closely, you know, they continue to have access to all of the ip at openai in terms of developing the large language models. do we have a sense of what they're going to use and what the new effort is going to involve from altman and his team >> it's still early. they announced this seven hours ago or something but w

has hired former twitch ceo emmett shear. i'm told when that was told to sam altman, he was in shock. that part came before microsoft hired him. nonetheless, it has been a wild back and forth a huge weekend for a.i. and technology that folks think is potentially super innovative and amazing, but also a concern. it raises all sorts of questions of governance. this is a unique model of not-for-profit overseeing what was a for-profit piece of it sam altman never had equity in that piece a lot of folks there are concerned and how all this will work in the future with sam and greg at microsoft. what do they know? what can they take from open a.i. and bring it to microsoft there are so many questions this morning. what happens on the other p employees? >> andrew, microsoft invested $13 billion in open a.i. to get a 49% stake. that 49% stake did not get them any say in how the company would be run now microsoft shares are up 1.5% today. i can't figure it out. they spent $13 billion and they are still saying they are supporting open

going to commercialize the models the board has not stated anything to anyone to the investors or emmett shearows why they made this decision i think fundamentally, if they think they are tasked with saving humanity from agi, they are better served having a company at the forefront of the development than stopping whatever chatgpt can do today as a commercial product you can buy for $20 a month. there are stories of devday and what sam altman demoed of chatgpt products and sell to consumers and all that stuff was too far down the path of commercialization. it could potentially have done damaging things. if you are the board of directors, your job is to mediate that conversation. we are going too far too fast. we need to see if this is appropriate. not fire him without notice. >> for the audience, agi is artificial generative intelligence that is the concept. the other piece of this is not just what happens with microsoft, but all of the venture capital investors who put money into the for-profit arm of the not-for-profit. there is a big question with thrive and anthropic and others. what is th