Two OpenAI Researchers Resign, Following Mira Murati's CTO

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JAKARTA - Head of OpenAI research, Bob McGrew, and vice president of research, Barret Zoph, left the company on Wednesday, September 25, hours after OpenAI CTO, Mira Murati, announced her resignation.

This announcement was made directly by the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, in his latest X post, who said that the resignations of his three friends were carried out peacefully.

I also want to tell you that Bob and Barret have decided to leave OpenAI. Mira, Bob, and Barret made this decision independently and peacefully, but the timing of Mira's decision makes sense to do this all at once," wrote Altman.

i just posted this note to openai:

Hi All–

Mira has been instrumental to OpenAI’s progress and growth the last 6.5 years; she has been a hugely significant factor in our development from an unknown research lab to an important company.

When Mira informed me this morning that…

— Sam Altman (@sama) September 26, 2024

i just posted this note to openai:

Hi All

Mira has been instrumental to OpenAI's progress and growth the last 6.5 years; she has been a urgent significant factor in our development from an unknown research lab to an imported company.

When Mira informed me this morning that...

According to Altman, the three figures have an important role in the company. Like Mira, which for the last 6.5 years has been a very significant factor in the company's development starting from an unknown research laboratory to an important company.

With this announcement, the research VP, Mark Chen, will be promoted to the new OpenAI research SVP, and will lead the company's research organization in partnership with Jakub Pachocki as chief scientist.

On the other hand, research scientist Josh Achiam will take on a new role as Head of Mission alignment, and work across the company to ensure the company gets all the right parts to be in the right place.

Meanwhile, Matt Knight, who previously served as head of security, will be the head of OpenAI's information security officers.

Meanwhile, chief product officer Kevin Weil and VP of engineering Srinivas Narayanan will continue to lead OpenAI's applied team, which is responsible for delivering company technology to company and consumer customers.

Mark, Jakub, Kevin, Srinivas, Matt, and Josh will report to me. I look forward to spending most of my time in the company's technical and product departments," he concluded.