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OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 3 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OK.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who?

... And who?

[–] simple@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Co-founder of OpenAI left the company and went to a rival AI company that currently has the best model. This could signify that he thinks OpenAI is a sinking ship.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or that they have better benefits, deeper pockets, more of a challenge, will actually listen to him, etc. people change jobs all the time.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's the co-founder of a wildly successful company though, not just a regular employee. It's definitely not normal for him to bail and work for the rival company.

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It was more money.

It's always more money.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

the best model.

😂 ... No metrics means no "best".

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Ah so we‘ve reached the outbidding stage of the bubble where corporations try to snoop talent from rivals with increasingly larger options.