OpenAI chief technology officer Meera Murati has announced her departure, ending her more than six years at the company. This news was released a week before DevDay, OpenAI’s annual developer conference, and attracted widespread attention in the industry. Mulati said on the social platform OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed high praise for Mulati's contribution and promised to announce a transition plan soon.
OpenAI chief technology officer Meera Murati posted on X on Wednesday that she was leaving the company. Mulati said that after more than six years at the artificial intelligence startup, she will leave the company to pursue her own explorations
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CEO Sam Altman thanked Murati for the tweet in a separate blog post. "We will have more information about our transition plans soon, but for now, I just want to take a moment to express my gratitude," Altman said. "I am deeply grateful for everything she has helped us build and achieve, but I am most personally grateful It’s her support and love during our difficult times.”
The decision comes a week before DevDay, OpenAI’s annual developer conference.
Late last year, when Altman was abruptly fired by OpenAI's previous board, the board briefly named Murati as interim CEO. Murati and former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever were among the interim CEOs who reportedly reached out to other board members before Altman was ousted to express concerns about his behavior.
Mulati once vaguely claimed in an interview that OpenAI's artificial intelligence would reach "doctoral level" intelligence, and proposed that artificial intelligence would replace creative jobs that "should not exist in the first place." Mulati is the latest executive to leave OpenAI in recent months.
Murati is the latest executive to leave OpenAI in recent months. Sutskever and former security chief Jan Leike announced their departures in May, and co-founder John Schulman said last month he would leave to join rival Anthropic. Meanwhile, OpenAI president Greg Brockman is extending his leave until the end of the year.
Murati's decision to resign comes as OpenAI is said to be in the midst of a funding round that would value it at more than $150 billion. Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple and Thrive Capital are reportedly in talks to invest; the round could ultimately be as high as $6.5 billion, according to Bloomberg and other media.
The editor of Downcodes concluded: Mulati’s departure is undoubtedly a major loss for OpenAI and has also triggered many speculations about the company’s future development direction. This is not only a personal career choice, but also reflects the fierce competition and rapid changes in the current AI industry.