Bill Peebles, the researcher behind Sora, is leaving OpenAI, along with Srinivas Narayanan, OpenAI's CTO of enterprise applications
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Discussion
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@billpeeb
Bill Peebles
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I've decided to leave OpenAI. Below is the note I shared with my team. Building Sora zero-to-one with you all has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime. As this team knows well, one of the best parts of working on video is that you can see the scaling behavior with your [ima…
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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For folks looking to make sense of this quickly, Peebles and Weil's departures seem to be symptoms of OpenAI's “focus era.” The company is cutting down on side projects and folding products into the everything app: Codex. Narayanan's departure is for personal matters, however.
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@kevinweil
Kevin Weil
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Today is my last day at OpenAI, as OpenAI for Science is being decentralized into other research teams. It's been a mind-expanding two years, from Chief Product Officer to joining the research team and starting OpenAI for Science. Accelerating science will be one of the most
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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Scoop: Kevin Weil is leaving OpenAI, and the company is folding Prism, its AI workspace for scientists, into its Codex team. [image]
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r/singularity
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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company As Science Division Dissolved
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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company