OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving the AI company
In a letter shared with the team, Murati expresses gratitude for the opportunity and a desire to do her own exploration.
After more than six years with OpenAI, CTO Mira Murati is leaving the AI company. Murati notified her team before sharing the message on social media. Murati will look to do her “own exploration” after stepping down.
I shared the following note with the OpenAI team today. pic.twitter.com/nsZ4khI06P
— Mira Murati (@miramurati) September 25, 2024
On September 25, 2024, Mira Murati posted to social media to announce her departure from OpenAI. In this post, Murati notes that her six-and-a-half year time with OpenAI and the team has been an “extraordinary privilege.” She goes on to praise the work the team has done, including bringing safety research “from the theoretical realm into practical applications.” You can read her full statement below.
Hi all,
I have something to share with you. After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI.
My six-and-a-half years with the OpenAI team have been an extraordinary privilege. While I’ll express my gratitude to many individuals in the coming days, I want to start by thanking Sam and Greg for their trust in me to lead the technical organization and for their support throughout the years.
There’s never an ideal time to step away from a place one cherishes, yet this moment feels right. Our recent releases of speech-to-speech and OpenAI o1 mark the beginning of a new era in interaction and intelligence – achievements made possible by your ingenuity and craftsmanship. We didn’t merely build smarter models, we fundamentally changed how AI systems learn and reason through complex problems. We brought safety research from the theoretical realm into practical applications, creating models that are more robust, aligned, and steerable than ever before. Our work has made cutting-edge AI research intuitive and accessible, developing technology that adapts and evolves based on everyone’s input. This success is a testament to our outstanding teamwork, and it is because of your brilliance, your dedication, and your commitment that OpenAI stands at the pinnacle of AI innovation.
I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration. For now, my primary focus is doing everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition, maintaining the momentum we’ve built.
I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to build and work alongside this remarkable team. Together, we’ve pushed the boundaries of scientific understanding in our quest to improve human well-being. While I may no longer be in the trenches with you, I will still be rooting for you all.
With deep gratitude for the friendships forged, the triumphs achieved, and most importantly, the challenges overcome together.
Mira
Sam Altman responded to the post with his own message praising Murati’s work and saying that it’s “hard to overstate how much Mira has meant to OpenAI.” Altman says that more information will be provided about the transition plans, but he wishes to “take a moment to just feel thanks.”
Murati’s departure marks another high profile member of OpenAI leaving the artificial intelligence company. Just recently, OpenAI co-founder John Shculman and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever left to pursue other goals.
Outside of staff leaving, OpenAI has faced some other challenges. The company recently insisted it cannot sufficiently train AI models without copyrighted material. Despite this, the company is set to do another round of funding that could value the AI company at $150 billion.
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