OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman said Friday he has exited the company, hours after the Microsoft-backed giant exited the company Fired CEO Sam Altman immediately and guaranteed that Brockman would remain with the startup.Brockman’s sudden departure adds to uncertainty for OpenAI day, follows First developer conference hosted by Altman.
Brockman wrote: “I am extremely proud of what we have all built together since construction began in my apartment 8 years ago. We have been through hard times and good times together, and despite all the reasons, we have achieved With so many achievements, this would have been impossible.” In a letter to the OpenAI team, “But in light of today’s news, I resigned. I sincerely wish you all the best. I still believe in creating security that benefits all mankind. AGI’s mission.”
OpenAI said earlier that Brockman would step down as board chairman but would remain at the company. Brockman co-founded OpenAI with Altman and is a close friend of OpenAI’s former CEO.
OpenAI, Brockman and Microsoft, which while not on the startup’s board of directors but own about half the company, have remained tight-lipped about what led to Altman’s ousting from the startup, while Altman’s large language model launch/ Promoted the artificial intelligence competition.
The two exits caused uproar in Silicon Valley. Altman has been the public face of the startup, which is widely seen as not only leading the current race in artificial intelligence, but also for countless other startups in less than a year. . They are built on OpenAI products.
Earlier on Friday, OpenAI said Altman left the company after losing the trust of its board of directors. OpenAI said Altman left the company after the board went through a “due diligence process,” concluding that he “was consistently dishonest in his communications with the company.” board, which hampered “its ability to discharge its duties.”
The news comes less than two weeks after OpenAI held its first developer conference, where Altman said ChatGPT has Accumulated 100 million usersMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella, who was the chief guest at the meeting, said, “We love you.” Altman later told the Financial Times in an interview that he expected future gains from Microsoft and Other investors raise “more” money.
“We have a long-term agreement with OpenAI that gives us full access to everything we need to deliver on our innovation agenda and exciting product roadmap; and remain committed to our partnership and to Mira and the team. Together, we will continue to deliver The meaningful benefits this technology brings to the world,” Nadella said in a statement on Friday.