Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
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- The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition…
- Around the same time, COO Brad Lightcap also stepped down from his role to focus on "special projects," and OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch also stepped down in order to focus on her health.
- Rouch planned to return to a "more narrowly scoped role" when her health … Read the full story at The Verge.
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OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X.
The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition, shortly after she had taken on the AGI chief title. (She had formerly been the company's CEO of applications). Around the same time, COO Brad Lightcap also stepped down from his role to focus on "special projects," and OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch also stepped down in order to focus on her health. Rouch planned to return to a "more narrowly scoped role" when her health …
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