Barret Zoph on X: "I posted this note to OpenAI. Hey everybody, I have decided to leave OpenAI. This was a very difficult decision as I have has such an incredible time at OpenAI. I got to join right before ChatGPT and helped build the post-training team from scratch with John Schulman and others. I feel so grateful to have gotten the opportunity to run the post-training team and help build and scale ChatGPT to where it is today. Right now feels like a natural point for me to explore new opportunities outside of OpenAI. This is a personal decision based on how I want to evolve the next phase of my career.
 I am very grateful for all the opportunities OpenAI has given me and all the support I have gotten from OpenAI leadership such as Sam and Greg. I am in particular grateful for everything Bob has done and for being an excellent manager and colleague to me over my career at OpenAI. The post-training team has many many talented leaders and is being left in good hands. OpenAI is doing and will continue to do incredible work and I am very optimistic about the future trajectory of the company and will be rooting everybody on."

I posted this note to OpenAI. Hey everybody, I have decided to leave OpenAI. This was a very difficult decision as I have has such an incredible time at OpenAI. I got to join right before ChatGPT and helped build the post-training team from scratch with John Schulman and others. I feel so grateful to have gotten the opportunity to run the post-training team and help build and scale ChatGPT to where it is today. Right now feels like a natural point for me to explore new opportunities outside of OpenAI. This is a personal decision based on how I want to evolve the next phase of my career. I am very grateful for all the opportunities OpenAI has given me and all the support I have gotten from OpenAI leadership such as Sam and Greg. I am in particular grateful for everything Bob has done and for being an excellent manager and colleague to me over my career at OpenAI. The post-training team has many many talented leaders and is being left in good hands. OpenAI is doing and will continue to do incredible work and I am very optimistic about the future trajectory of the company and will be rooting everybody on.
12:10 AM · Sep 26, 2024
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