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Sachin Katti, who was handed the job of chief technology officer and head of AI at Intel only six months ago, just walked away from the role to join OpenAI. He confirmed the move on X, writing that he had officially joined the company behind ChatGPT. Intel issued a statement on Monday, according to Bloomberg, saying that its CEO Lip-Bu Tan would now oversee the firm’s AI efforts directly, adding that AI remains a top strategic focus for the company. The announcement marks another abrupt leadership shift at Intel, which has been bleeding senior executives since Tan took charge in March. Katti’s role at Intel came after a company-wide leadership restructure earlier this year. He had joined the chipmaker nearly four years ago, first working in its networking group before being promoted under former CEO Pat Gelsinger. In April, Tan flattened the executive structure and moved Katti up to CTO and head of AI. His departure after such a short stint is a blow to Intel’s AI ambitions, especially at a time when the company is struggling to compete in the market for data center AI chips. Tan takes over AI group as Intel battles executive churn In the official statement, Intel thanked Katti and said: “Lip-Bu will lead the AI and Advanced Technologies Groups, working closely with the team.” The company also said it remains focused on its technology roadmap for AI workloads. Since March, multiple executives have left Intel, putting more pressure on Tan to steady the leadership structure while trying to fix the company’s foundry business. Intel has failed to secure a major customer for its contract manufacturing arm, which is supposed to compete with TSMC and others. While Intel’s CPUs are still used in AI server systems, they operate at a smaller scale compared to the…

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