At this point no one except Sam from founding team is in the company.
Mira wasn't a part of the founding team.
Wojicech Zaremba and Jakub are still at the company.
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Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#32It’s Sam’s Club now.
Murati and Sutskever discovered the high Costco of challenging Altman.
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#33It is hard for me to square "This company is a few short years away from building world-changing AGI" and "I'm stepping away to do my own thing". Maybe I'm just bad at putting myself in someone else's shoes, but I feel like if I had spent years working towards a vision of AGI, and thought that success was finally just around the corner, it'd be very difficult to walk away.
Among other perfectly reasonable theories mentioned here, people burn out.
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#34They can't spend more than 6 months without a drama...
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#35It is hard for me to square "This company is a few short years away from building world-changing AGI" and "I'm stepping away to do my own thing". Maybe I'm just bad at putting myself in someone else's shoes, but I feel like if I had spent years working towards a vision of AGI, and thought that success was finally just around the corner, it'd be very difficult to walk away.
Maybe she thinks the _world_ is a few short years away from building world-changing AGI, not just limited to OpenAI, and she wants to compete and do her own thing (and easily raise $1B like Ilya).
Which is arguably a good thing (having AGI spread amongst multiple entities rather than one leader).
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#36...and Sam Altman once again posts a response including uppercase, similar to when Ilya left. It's like he wants to let everyone know that he didn't actually care enough to write it himself but just asked chatGPT to write something for him.
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#37It is hard for me to square "This company is a few short years away from building world-changing AGI" and "I'm stepping away to do my own thing". Maybe I'm just bad at putting myself in someone else's shoes, but I feel like if I had spent years working towards a vision of AGI, and thought that success was finally just around the corner, it'd be very difficult to walk away.
A few short years is a prediction with lots of ifs and unknowns.
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#38> “Leaving to do my own exploration” Lets write this chapter and take some guesses, it's either going to be: 1. Anthropic. 2. SSI Inc. 3. Own AI Startup. 4. Neither. Only one is correct.
The only thing your comment says is she won’t be working simultaneously for more than one company in {1,2,3}.
I know what I am going to say isn’t of much value but the GPs post is the most twitter comment ever and it made me chuckle.
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#39Plain-text version for those who can’t read images:
“Hi all,
I have something to share with you. After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI.
My six-and-a-half years with the OpenAI team have been an extraordinary privilege. While I'll express my gratitude to many individuals in the coming days, 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.
There's never an ideal time to step away from a place one cherishes, yet this moment feels right. Our recent releases of speech-to-speech and OpenAI o1 mark the beginning of a new era in interaction and intelligence – achievements made possible by your ingenuity and craftsmanship. We didn't merely build smarter models, we fundamentally changed how AI systems learn and reason through complex problems. We brought safety research from the theoretical realm into practical applications, creating models that are more robust, aligned, and steerable than ever before. Our work has made cutting-edge AI research intuitive and accessible, developing technology that adapts and evolves based on everyone's input. This success is a testament to our outstanding teamwork, and it is because of your brilliance, your dedication, and your commitment that OpenAI stands at the pinnacle of AI innovation.
I'm stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration. For now, my primary focus is doing everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition, maintaining the momentum we've built.
I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to build and work alongside this remarkable team. Together, we've pushed the boundaries of scientific understanding in our quest to improve human well-being.
While I may no longer be in the trenches with you, I will still be rooting for you all. With deep gratitude for the friendships forged, the triumphs achieved, and most importantly, the challenges overcome together.
Mira”
Re: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
#40Not a big deal if you don’t look too closely