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OpenAI faces multiple challenges: talent loss, financial pressure, and competitors catching up

2024-08-19

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[Since the beginning of this year, several senior executives have left. As of now, only three of OpenAI's 11 co-founders remain.]

OpenAI's personnel turmoil has intensified since CEO Sam Altman was fired and rehired by the OpenAI board last year.

Since the beginning of this year, several senior executives have left. As of now, only three of OpenAI's 11 co-founders remain: Altman, Wojciech Zaremba, head of the language and code generation team, and Greg Brockman, the president who is on vacation.

Why can't OpenAI, which has a huge influence in the field of artificial intelligence, retain these founders?

Release these signals

Earlier this month, John Schulman, who played an important role in building ChatGPT, announced his departure from OpenAI and joined competitor Anthropic. He said, "I decided to pursue the goal of studying AI alignment at Anthropic and conduct research with people who have deeply studied the topics I am interested in." Peter Deng, the new product leader and vice president of consumer products who joined last year, also officially announced his resignation.

Liu Pengfei, associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and head of the generative artificial intelligence research group, said in an interview with Yicai Global: "The departure of senior researchers such as Shulman shows that OpenAI may no longer be the first choice for top AI scientists, and other companies focusing on AI safety (such as Anthropic) or newly established companies are attracting talents. This may mark the diversification of the AI ​​research ecosystem."