"We're grateful for John's contributions as a founding team member at OpenAI and his dedicated efforts in advancing alignment research," OpenAI said in a statement to TechCrunch.
(I first met John in a cafe in Berkeley in… — Sam Altman (@sama) August 6, 2024This makes Schulman the eighth cofounder who has left OpenAI since its founding in 2015.
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) August 6, 2024Besides Schulman, OpenAI has seen multiple exits among its leadership ranks in recent months.
In May, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announced his resignation from the company.
To be sure, not everyone has left OpenAI on such acrimonious terms.
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