More leadership drama at OpenAI, Mira Murati and two others leave while Sam Altman says thank you

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OpenAI undergoes significant leadership changes as CTO Mira Murati and two senior leaders depart, marking a major transition for the company...

Mira Murati, the companys Chief Technology Officer, along with two senior leaders, Bob and Barret, have announced their departure..

Sam Altman, OpenAIs CEO, expressed his gratitude for the departing leaders and assured the team that this change is part of the natural evolution of the company...

We didnt merely build smarter models, we fundamentally changed how AI systems learn and reason through complex problems.. Murati's departure marks a significant moment for OpenAI, as she was instrumental in leading several of the companys most important projects..

We are not a normal company, and I think the reasons Mira explained to me there is never a good time, anything not abrupt would have leaked, and she wanted to do this while OpenAI was in an upswing make sense, Altman explained in his note...

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