The recent senior executive splits at OpenAI are ongoing. Just hours after CTO Mira Murati announced she would step down, Research Director Bob McGrew and Research Vice President Barret Zoph also announced they would be stepping down from their roles. CEO Sam Altman announced the splits in a post on X , sharing details about the transition process.

Altman, these decisions received amicably and independently of each other. However, he stated that he was not surprised by the allegations that these changes occurred during the same period due to the timing of Murati’s decision. While Mark Chen was appointed as vice president of the research team, they will lead OpenAI’s research team alongside Jakub Pachocki as chief scientist.

Almost all higher functions have changed

Chief security officer Matt Knight will remain as chief information security officer, while chief product officer Kevin Weil and vice president of engineering Srinivas Narayanan will lead OpenAI’s technology teams as they serve enterprise and consumer customers. While Bob Mcgrew said he decided to take a personal break, Barret Zoph said he wanted to explore new opportunities outside of OpenAI.

Altman stressed that such radical changes within the team are natural for fast-growing companies This transition process is in line with OpenAI’s mission. has stated that this has happened.

The separations came on the heels of OpenAI’s moves to become a for-profit organization from a nonprofit structure. OpenAI’s new financial plans in particular Reports that Sam Altman will own 7% of the shares have led to serious problems in internal management. It is claimed that this is the cause

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