Uhh, OpenAI? Are you okay? It seems like the AI juggernaut OpenAI just can’t hold onto its top minds. The increasing number of departing executives seems to be the latest story arc in an ongoing saga of OpenAI drama. Miles Brundage, OpenAI’s senior adviser for the readiness of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), just announced that he’ll be leaving the company.
Top executives leaving a company is nothing new, but it seems that one walks out of OpenAI once every 1 – 2 months at this point. We’ve already seen Ilya Sutskever (chief scientist), Jan Leike (former Superalignment team leader), John Schulman (Co-founder), and Peter Deng (VP for consumer product) leave the company over the year. Also, the company’s chief technology officer and interim CEO during OpenAI’s massive coup last year, Mira Murati, left just recently.
Miles Brundage is now leaving OpenAI
Another departing leader, another heartfelt post; Miles Brundage posted on X Wednesday that he’s departing OpenAI. He’s been there for six years, which was long before many people knew that OpenAI even existed.
Along with his post on the platform, he left a TLDR for a blog post talking about what’s going on. According to the post, he’s not leaving on bad terms. He said that OpenAI will “support [his] work in various ways.” So, we’re sure that he’ll have some backing for his future endeavors. Unlike some other past employees who went on to other major companies, Brundage has decided to focus on independent AI policy and advocacy.
People who are interested can read his blog post. In it, he dives into topics such as whether companies are ready for AGI, whether people should work at OpenAI, where he’s going from this point on, and more.
With this role vacant, it seems that OpenAI has some hiring to do. The company hasn’t made any posts about Brundage’s departure or who they’re going to replace him with.
What’s going on at OpenAI?
There’s no telling if these individuals are leaving because they’re seeking and better opportunities or there’s something else going on. OpenAI seemed to be rather drama-free for the first year after ChatGPT blew up. However, since the huge coup that saw Sam Altman ejected from OpenAI for a weekend, we’ve been hearing some rather unsettling rumors regarding the company.
Some people who left talked about the toxic work environment they had to endure and the fact that the company deprioritized AI safety. We also can’t forget about the serious dirt that surfaced about Sam Altman and his actions.
It’s just so coincidental that all of these rumors are leaking from the company and head executives are dropping like flies. Only time will tell if there’s some drama brewing at the company.
