{"id":56835,"date":"2024-08-07T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/major-shifts-at-openai-spark-skepticism-about-impending-agi-timelines\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:08:22","slug":"major-shifts-at-openai-spark-skepticism-about-impending-agi-timelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/major-shifts-at-openai-spark-skepticism-about-impending-agi-timelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/openai_redbrickwall-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The OpenAI logo on a red brick wall.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/openai_redbrickwall.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"675\" data-width=\"1200\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Benj Edwards \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Over the past week, OpenAI experienced a significant leadership shake-up as three key figures announced major changes. Greg Brockman, the company&#8217;s president and co-founder, is taking an extended sabbatical until the end of the year, while another co-founder, John Schulman, permanently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnschulman2\/status\/1820610863499509855\">departed<\/a> for rival Anthropic. Peter Deng, VP of Consumer Product, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/trio-of-leaders-leave-openai\">also left<\/a> the ChatGPT maker.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Brockman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gdb\/status\/1820644694264791459\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;I&#8217;m taking a sabbatical through end of year. First time to relax since co-founding OpenAI 9 years ago. The mission is far from complete; we still have a safe AGI to build.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The moves have led some to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/slow_developer\/status\/1820821208700420109\">wonder<\/a> just how close OpenAI is to a long-rumored breakthrough of some kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2024\/07\/openai-reportedly-nears-breakthrough-with-reasoning-ai-reveals-progress-framework\/\">reasoning artificial intelligence<\/a> if high-profile employees are jumping ship (or taking long breaks, in the case of Brockman) so easily. As AI developer Benjamin De Kraker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenjaminDEKR\/status\/1820633405244969250\">put it<\/a> on X, &#8220;If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2041450#p3\">Read 13 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2041450&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards \/ Getty Images) Over the past week, OpenAI experienced a significant leadership shake-up as three key figures announced major changes. Greg Brockman, the company&#8217;s president and co-founder, is taking an extended sabbatical until the end of the year, while another co-founder, John Schulman, permanently departed for rival Anthropic. 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