Microsoft’s GenAI head Sebastien Bubeck departs for OpenAI
OpenAI gains another industry leader as Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft’s vice president of GenAI research, joins the company in his ongoing quest to develop AGI.
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft’s vice president of GenAI research, is leaving the company to join OpenAI, the AI startup behind ChatGPT. Microsoft has not provided details on the role Bubeck will assume at OpenAI but has confirmed it will continue its relationship with him through its backing of the company.
While Bubeck did not respond to requests for confirmation, Microsoft stated that he is departing to further his work on artificial general intelligence (AGI). Despite his exit, the majority of his team working on Microsoft’s smaller Phi large language models (LLMs) will stay on to continue their work.
This follows a series of recent departures from OpenAI, including longtime chief technology officer Mira Murati. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has denied that these exits are linked to any planned restructuring of the company.
Bubeck’s departure marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s AI research landscape but highlights ongoing collaboration with OpenAI, with whom it shares a deep investment in the future of AGI.
