OpenAI cofounder John Schulman leaves ChatGPT maker for rival Anthropic
John Schulman, one of the cofounders of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, has decided to part ways with the ChatGPT maker and join rival Anthropic. Schulman announced this move in a post on the social media platform X on Monday, August 5. He expressed that his decision is driven by his aspiration to delve deeper into AI alignment and embark on a new phase of his career focusing on hands-on technical work. Schulman shared his thoughts with his colleagues at OpenAI, stating his reasons for leaving the company.
Team Changes at OpenAI
In addition to Schulman's departure, OpenAI's President and co-founder Greg Brockman disclosed that he will be taking a sabbatical until the end of the year. The Information first reported this news and mentioned that Peter Deng, a product manager who recently joined OpenAI, has also left the organization. Despite these developments, OpenAI has not yet responded to media inquiries seeking comments on the situation.
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Significant Personnel Shifts
OpenAI has been undergoing notable changes within its team, with Aleksander Madry, the company's AI safety leader, being reassigned to a different role in July. Earlier in the year, another co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, departed, followed by Andrej Karpathy, who left to establish an AI-integrated education platform. Notably, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a former co-founder of OpenAI, reignited his legal battle against the company and its CEO Sam Altman, citing prioritization of profits over public welfare as the core issue.
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