Maxwell Zeff, reporting for Wired (News+ link):
OpenAI told staff on Friday that it would reorganize the company
as part of an ongoing effort to unify its product offerings, Wired
has learned. OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman will now
lead the company’s product strategy, in addition to his work on AI
infrastructure, OpenAI confirms to Wired. Brockman was previously
assigned to oversee OpenAI products on an interim basis while the
CEO of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, was on medical leave; the
change is now official. […]The company tells Wired that Simo remains on medical leave, and
expects her return, noting that she worked directly with Brockman
on these organizational changes.
Yours truly, last month:
OpenAI’s work environment seems not merely overwhelming, but
torturous. I have no reason to believe Simo’s medical leave is
anything but a legitimate medical leave, but I wouldn’t be
surprised if she never comes back. (What’s the point of being CEO
of AGI deployment when there is no AGI to deploy?)
Her title might as well be “CEO of Technology That Doesn’t Exist”.
