Schulman, the co-founder of OpenAI, has left for Anthropic, while Brockman has taken an extended absence

Additionally, OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman is taking an extended leave of absence through the end of the year to "rest and recharge" after nine years with the company, the company confirmed. Peter Dan, a product manager who joined OpenAI last year after leading products at Meta, Uber and Airtable, also left the company a short time ago, the company confirmed. News of Brockman and Dan's departures was previously reported by The Information.

A spokesperson released the following statement about Shulman: "We appreciate John's contributions as a founding member of the OpenAI team and his dedicated efforts to advance alignment research. His passion and hard work have laid a strong foundation that will inspire and support future innovation at OpenAI and the broader field. ” Shulman posted about his decision about X today, saying it was born out of a desire to deepen his focus on AI tuning (the science of making AI work as intended) and do more hands-on technical work. “I decided to pursue this goal at Anthropik, where I believe I can gain new perspectives and conduct research with people who are deeply engaged in the subjects that interest me most,” Shulman said. "I am sure that Openai and the teams in which I was part will continue to flourish without me."

Shulman's participation with Openai began shortly after obtaining his doctoral diploma. In the field of electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California in Berkeley. He played a key role in the creation of a platform of discussion boots with AI Catgpt, which led the OpenAi organization to strengthen the organization, which followed the subtly generators of AI. Following the departure of AI security researcher Jan Leike (who now works at Anthropic), Shulman led OpenAI's scientific coordination effort, also known as the "post-learning" team. He was also a member of the new OpenAI Security Committee. It is unclear who will replace Shulman in this position. Despite the controversy surrounding OpenAI, particularly over the company's approach and handling of AI safety research, Schulman said he has no plans to leave the company due to a lack of support. "There was a strong commitment from company management to invest in [alignment research]," Schulman said. "My decision is personal and based on how I want to focus my efforts in the next phase of my career."

With Shulman's departure, only three of OpenAI's 11 founders remain: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Brockman, and language and code generation lead Wojciech Zaremba. "Thank you for all you have done for OpenAI!" Altman wrote to Shulman in an X post. "You are a brilliant researcher, a deep thinker about products and society, and above all, a great friend to all of us. We miss you so much and are so proud of this place.