Openai is expanding the role of its Chief Operating Officer and Elevating Two Executives to the C-SUTE as Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman Shifts more of His Focus to the Technical Side.
The San Francisco-Based Company is Set to Announce Monday that Coo Brad Lightcap will take on Greater Responsibility for the Day-TO-DAY Operations of the business, Including International Exampans Corporate partnerships with firms such as microsoft and apple. Mark Chen and Julia Villagra have also also been promoted to Chief Research Officer and Chief People Officer, Respectly.
Altman, meanwhile, is focusing more on guiding the chatgpt maker’s research and product efforts, the company said. Openai is not planning to hire a replaise
Openai has significantly expanded its Leadership Ranks Since Altman was briefly osed by the Board in Late 2023, reflecting the company’s growing headcount, valuation, valuation and ambitions. The latest executive movies signal that altman wants to push ahead with cutting-edge ai research
“We Remain Focused on the Same Core – Pursuing Frontier Ai Research that Accelerates Human Progress,” Altman said in a company blog post. “But we now also also deliver products used by Hindreds of Millions of People.”
The Leadership updates follow a string of high-profile departures from the company, Including former Chief SCINTIST ILYA SUTSKEVER, Co-Founder John Schulman and MURATI. Some’ve’ve left, Including Jan Leike, Formerly in Charge of a Team Focused on Long-Term Ai Risks, Have Been Publicly Skeptical of Openai’s Commitment to ENSURING SAVELOPMENT SAFELOPMENT.
In the blog post, altman said he thinks “Real-World Usage” of Openai’s Technology “Helps Make Our Research better.” Openai also said it remains committed to its mission to build artificial general intelligence – or ai that can performance mostly tasks better than people – in a way that ‘ Humanity.
Chen will likely play a key role in assessing any potential trade-offs between prioritizing safety and new software releases. An openai veteran who was previously the Senior Vice President of Research, Chen is Tasked With Integrating Research and Product Development. The goal, according to the blog post, is “Enableing Faster Translation of Research Into Products People Love.”
Founded a decade ago as a nonprofit research organization, opinai is in discusations to restructure as a more conventional for-protrofit, public benefit corporate. The company is also in talks to raise as much as $ 40 billion in a new funding round at a $ 300 billion post-money valuation, bloomberg previously reported.
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