Why is Mira Murati leaving OpenAI?
OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, one of the key figures in the development of ChatCPT and Dall-E, has announced she is leaving the company.
OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati has joined the ranks of company executives leaving the artificial intelligence company.
In a post on X, she said she “made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI.
“My six-and-a-half years with the Open AI team have been an extraordinary privilege… I want to start by thanking Sam and Greg for their trust in me to lead the technical organization and for their support throughout the years,” wrote Murati, who was instrumental in the creation of ChatGPT and AI image generating system Dall-E.
Why is Mira Murati leaving OpenAI?
Murati’s post indicates she left the company to continue with individual pursuits, as she feels the moment to do so is right.
“I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,” she said.
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Soon after her announcement, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also posted on X to say two other executives, chief research officer Bob McGrew and research vice president Barret Zoph were also leaving the company.
“Mira, Bob, and Barret made these decisions independently of each other and amicably, but the timing of Mira’s decision was such that it made sense to now do this [the announcement] all at once,” Altman wrote.
The latest string of resignations follows those of other top OpenAI executives who quit in recent months. Co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutseker departed in May to work on creating safer AI for education, while co-founder John Schulman stepped down in August to work for OpenAI competitor Anthropic. The company’s president, Greg Brockman, has taken a sabbatical through the end of the year.
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OpenAI conducting structural revamp
The top-level resignations come as OpenAI is poised to implement major changes in its structure. According to a Reuters report, the company will transform its core business into a for-profit corporation, removing control from its non-profit board.
The media outlet’s sources say this will attract more investors and could have repercussions on how the company handles the risks of artificial intelligence.
Altman will be getting equity in the for-profit organization, which could potentially be valued at $150 billion, per Reuters.