Three senior researchers at OpenAI resigned Friday night, according to people familiar with the situation. The artificial intelligence developer was hit by the firing of CEO Sam Altman and the sudden resignation of President Greg Brockman.
Jakub Paciocchi, the company’s research director. Alexander Madrid, head of a team that assesses potential risks from AI, and Simon Sydow, who was a researcher at the company for seven years, have told colleagues they have resigned, the people said. The departure is a sign of deep disappointment among some employees following Altman’s firing, and a long-simmering division within ChatGPT’s creator over AI “safety” practices. The conflict became apparent.