A longtime Amazon exec is jumping ship for OpenAI

A top executive announced on Monday that he had departed Amazon after 17 years to join OpenAI. Torben Severson, who served as chief of staff to Amazon's retail CEO Doug Herrington, said in a post on LinkedIn that he left the mega-retailer in October. Severson will now serve as Vice President, Head of Global Business Development at Sam Altman's AI company."Joining OpenAI at such a defining moment in technology is an opportunity I couldn't pass up," Severson wrote in his LinkedIn post. "I'm drawn to moments ...