Mira Murati, chief technology officer at OpenAI, the San Francisco-based makers of ChatGPT, along with the company’s chief research officer Bob McGrew and vice president of research Barret Zoph, resigned on Wednesday afternoon.
Murati announced her resignation after six-and-a-half years with the leading artificial intelligence company, in a statement to Open AI staff that she also shared on X.
“I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,” she said in the post. “This moment feels right.”
CEO Sam Altman replied to the post, thanking Murati and adding that the company will say more about its transition plans soon. …