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Track the AI revolution at OpenAI, from ChatGPT feature updates and ethical safety debates to the company's massive market surge.
… Heidecke is the latest safety-focused leader to depart from OpenAI in recent days. Earlier this week, OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, also told colleagues he would leave the company after nine years researching safety. It’s also not just OpenAI’s safety teams that are changing. …
… In 2024, OpenAI announced the formation of a “mission alignment team” led by Achiam that was tasked with upholding the company’s mission. OpenAI disbanded the group in February and announced that Achiam would be taking on a new role as chief futurist. …
… He and OpenAI recruiters have allegedly used the file to counsel departing Apple employees to avoid disclosing their new employer, prolong access to company systems, and avoid signing any exit documents. “Unsurprisingly, Apple has uncovered a concerning recent pattern among employees who depart and… …
… OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman took over OpenAI’s product strategy. In the months since Simo stepped back from OpenAI, the company further reorganized its product teams, positioning Thibault Sottiaux as head of the company’s core products, including ChatGPT. …
… OpenAI has broader ambitions to turn Codex, its AI coding application, into an “everything app.” Weil, who joined OpenAI in June 2024, announced last September that he would be starting a new initiative inside of the company called OpenAI for Science. …
… If the rival runs into any challenges, OpenAI could hold off and recalibrate. Got a Tip? Are you a current or former OpenAI or Anthropic employee who wants to talk about what's happening? …
… When asked whether OpenAI was exploring a potential IPO, Brockman said he believes so. Brockman testified that he thought OpenAI’s nonprofit mission had given it “moral high ground” over competitors like Google DeepMind. …
… The defendants in the case are OpenAI, Altman, OpenAI’s President and cofounder Greg Brockman, and OpenAI’s biggest investor, Microsoft. Despite generating billions of dollars in revenue, OpenAI is still overseen by a nonprofit today. …
… In October 2017, Musk also wrote to Ben Rapoport, a cofounder of Neuralink. “Hire independently or directly from OpenAI,” said Musk. “I have no problem if you pitch people at OpenAI to work at Neuralink.” When pressed about this by Savitt, Musk argued that it would have been illegal for him not to … …
… Other OpenAI leaders are also taking on larger roles at the company as part of the changes. OpenAI’s head of Codex, Thibault Sottiaux, has been tapped to lead the company's core product and platform teams. …
