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Last Man Standing at OpenAI – Influential Individuals Have Announced Their Departure

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OpenAI Heading to Leadership Crisis?

OpenAI is experiencing a crisis in leadership as three influential individuals have announced their departure.

This development comes during a turbulent year for the AI powerhouse, marked by legal disputes and prominent resignations. One of OpenAI’s co-founders, John Schulman, has decided to leave and join rival Anthropic, as confirmed in a statement on X. In his statement, Schulman explains that his departure is driven by his desire to focus more on AI alignment and return to technical work:

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OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman expressed his gratitude for Schulman’s contributions and assured him that the company will continue to make him proud:


A spokesperson for OpenAI also praised Schulman’s work, highlighting its significance in establishing a strong foundation for the company and the broader AI industry.

Key Figures Left

Schulman’s departure is closely followed by Jan Leike, another co-leader of OpenAI’s superalignment group, who also left for Anthropic in May:

Adding to the situation, Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder and chief scientist at OpenAI, as well as the other leader of the superalignment team, announced his departure in May to pursue his own startup aimed at developing safe superintelligence.

With these recent departures, OpenAI is left with only three of its original 11 founders.

In addition, OpenAI president Greg Brockman has also announced an extended leave of absence until the end of the year. Although he reassured the public that the company’s mission is far from complete and that they are still dedicated to building safe artificial general intelligence, his absence will undoubtedly be felt.

According to reports, another prominent AI figure, Peter Deng, who joined OpenAI last year after leading products at Meta, Uber, and Airtable, has also left the company.

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