John Schulman, a co-founder of OpenAI, announced on Monday that he would be parting ways with the Microsoft-backed organization to join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon.
The move occurred shortly after OpenAI’s disbandment of a superalignment team, which aimed to ensure human control over AI systems surpassing human capabilities in various tasks.
This decision comes as Schulman looks to delve deeper into AI alignment and return to hands-on technical work in this field. He clarified that his departure is not due to a lack of support from OpenAI leadership for new projects in AI alignment, emphasizing the company’s commitment to investing in this area.
