Durk Kingma, who helped setup OpenAI in 2015 alongside Elon Musk and current CEO Sam Altman, has shared in a long post in the X that he is joining Anthropic in order to develop powerful AI systems responsibly.
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Just a week after OpenAI announced it was changing to a for-profit company, one of the co-founders of OpenAI has joined a major rival. This exit is announced as the time when many people have already started leaving the artificial intelligence firm.
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“Anthropic’s approach to AI development resonates significantly with my own beliefs; looking forward to contributing to Anthropic’s mission of developing powerful AI systems responsibly,” he wrote in a post to X.
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The research scientist’s work on generative AI models were integral to the development of OpenAI’s Dall-E image generator and popular chatbot ChatGPT, though it is not clear what his specific role will be at Anthropic.
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“Can’t wait to work with their talented team, including a number of great ex-colleagues from OpenAI and Google, and tackle the challenges ahead!,” he posted further.
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Mr. Kingma’s decision comes less than a month after another OpenAI co-founder, John Schulman, announced he would join Anthropic. Schulman plans to focus on the safe and ethical development of AI.
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“I’ve made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI. This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” he wrote in a lengthy post to X.
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The departures mean that current chief executive Sam Altman and computer scientist Wojciech Zaremba are the only remaining OpenAI co-founders who still work at the company.
