Author: Krystal Hu, Anna Tong and Jeffrey Dastin
(Reuters) – Recently ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been working on a new artificial intelligence venture he plans to launch, sources with knowledge of the plans said on Saturday. .
Former OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who said he quit OpenAI following Altman’s firing on Friday, is expected to join the effort, The Information reported. The newspaper earlier reported on the venture, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Altman could not be reached for comment, and Brockman did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
Some OpenAI researchers, including Szymon Sidor, have exited the company due to the CEO change, but it’s unclear whether Sidor and others will join Altman’s new venture.
According to a September report by Information, Altman and former Apple design director Jony Ive have been discussing building a new artificial intelligence (AI) hardware device. It was also reported at the time that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son also participated in the conversation.
The board of directors of OpenAI, the company behind popular product ChatGPT, fired high-profile CEO Altman on Friday. Shortly after Altman was fired, co-founder Brockman also resigned.
Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo seen by Reuters early Saturday that Altman’s dismissal was due to a “breakdown in communication,” not “a breakdown in communication.” malfeasance”.
(Reporting by Krystal Hu in New York, Anna Tong and Jeffrey Dastin in San Francisco, Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Nomiyama and Kenneth Li)