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OpenAI co-founder John Schulman announces he is joining Anthropic

by alphabetting on 8/6/24, 12:05 AM with 8 comments

  • by minimaxir on 8/6/24, 12:12 AM

    > To be clear, I'm not leaving due to lack of support for alignment research at OpenAI. On the contrary, company leaders have been very committed to investing in this area. My decision is a personal one, based on how I want to focus my efforts in the next phase of my career.

    ...so then why couldn't he do that at OpenAI?

    EDIT: The Information reporting that 3 leaders are leaving including Schulman, which raises further questions.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 8/6/24, 2:11 AM

    Related:

    OpenAI: Cofounders Greg Brockman, John Schulman, along with others, to leave

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166862

  • by asimpleusecase on 8/6/24, 12:15 AM

    Yeah.. why not make him a “Research Fellow” and give him a GPU cluster to play with and attract like minded researchers rather than become another departing key member of core team?

  • by wavelander on 8/6/24, 12:48 AM

    Information also reporting that Greg and others have left, or are about to leave. I wonder how long he's been gone, given he was still on Twitter promoting work until recently...

  • by rvz on 8/6/24, 12:29 AM

    Translation:

    I thank all the OpenAI investors who purchased my overvalued shares for $$$ as I dumped them straight in their faces and I will repeat the same strategy at Anthropic when they go public.