John Schulman, a pioneering employee of OpenAI, has announced his resignation from the organization. He will be joining Anthropic, marking another significant departure from OpenAI following a recent exodus of employees in the Superalignment team responsible for AI safety.
At OpenAI, Schulman led a team responsible for fine-tuning AI models for use in ChatGPT and external developer APIs. His tenure at OpenAI began immediately after completing his studies.
Schulman cited personal reasons for his decision to move to Anthropic, aiming to delve deeper into technical research. He reassured that OpenAI continues to support all critical aspects without issues.
CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, expressed his gratitude towards Schulman for his past contributions, lauding him as a key advocate for creating artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a fundamental direction for OpenAI. Former head of the Superalignment team, Jan Leike, now at Anthropic, also expressed excitement at the prospect of working with Schulman once again.
Additionally, The Information reported unrelated news: Greg Brockman, President of OpenAI, has announced an indefinite leave of absence without providing further explanation.
TLDR: John Schulman leaves OpenAI to focus on AI alignment at Anthropic, with key figures expressing gratitude and excitement at the prospect of future collaboration. Greg Brockman takes an indefinite leave of absence from OpenAI.
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