OpenAI co-founder John Schulman leaves for Anthropic, following departures of other key figures.

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman has left the AI company to join rival AI firm Anthropic, focusing on AI alignment and hands-on technical work. His departure follows several key figures leaving OpenAI, including AI safety leader Aleksander Madry and co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Andrej Karpathy. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who was once an investor in OpenAI, has sued the company and its co-founders for allegedly deviating from its founding aims of helping people. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman thanked Schulman for his contributions and wished him luck in his new role.

August 06, 2024
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