OpenAI exec Mira Murati says she's leaving artificial intelligence company
A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year said that she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company
SAN FRANCISCO — A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year said she's leaving the artificial intelligence company.
Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, said in a written statement Wednesday that after much reflection she has “made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI.”
“I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,” she said.
It's the latest leadership shakeup at the company. Its president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, said in August he was “taking a sabbatical” through the end of the year. Another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, who led a team focused on AI safety, left in May and has started <a class=«zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE » data-testid=«prism-linkbase» href=«https://abcnews.go.com/Days» after his departure team co-leader jan leike also resigned and leveled criticism at openai for letting safety a backseat to shiny products.>his own AI company
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Days after Sutskever's departure, his safety team co-leader Jan Leike also resigned and leveled criticism at OpenAI for letting safety “take a backseat to shiny products.”
Murati spoke positively of the company and its CEO Sam Altman in a departing note to colleagues shared on social media, describing it as “at the pinnacle of AI innovation” and saying it's hard to leave a place one cherishes.
Altman later replied to Murati's post on X and expressed his gratitude for her service to the company.
“It’s hard to overstate how much Mira has meant to OpenAI,
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