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Breaking News|Key figures leave at the same time, OpenAI's senior management turmoil intensifies

2024-08-06

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News on August 6,OpenAIPresident and co-founder Greg Brockman has announced that he will take a long-term leave of absence. The latest organizational chart shows that Greg Brockman reports to CTO Mira Murati.

According to The Information, another co-founder and core leader, John Schulman, has switched to Anthropic. John worked at OpenAI for 9 years, not only leading the large model prognostic training team, but also taking over the super alignment safety team, dedicated to preventing social risks brought by AI.

At the same time, Peter Deng, who joined OpenAI last year and was previously the product manager for Meta Platforms, Uber, and Airtable, has alsoResignation, this change undoubtedly adds more uncertainty to the company's management.

In response to the resignation rumors, Greg Brockman said he plans to return after his leave, while John Schulman disclosed his motivation for the job change through social media, saying he hopes to explore more in AnthropicAIConsistency with human values.

It is worth mentioning that OpenAI has also recently made internal adjustments. The head of security Aleksander Madry was reassigned, and the two co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Andrej Karpathy also resigned and founded their own companies.

Last November, Sam Altman returned to OpenAI after a "palace fight", but the turmoil in the management seems to have not subsided. The departure of the three senior executives once again reveals the instability of OpenAI's leadership. Coupled with the huge financial pressure behind the rapid development of the business and frequent personnel changes, OpenAI is facing unprecedented challenges.

OpenAI has hired its first chief financial officer and chief product officer, whose decisions after taking office may further affect the company's future development and personnel layout. (Xianxian)

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