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OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic


Leaving ChatGPT for Claude.

It was founded by ex-OpenAI employees who departed, according to the Financial Times, because they believed OpenAI was straying from its mission of developing safer, more ethical AI and becoming too focused on commercial interests after the $1 billion Microsoft deal. Leike previously worked on OpenAI’s “Superalignment” team, which seems to align with his role at Anthropic, ensuring that intelligent systems are designed to act in accordance with human values. Another notable departure from OpenAI is its co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, who left earlier this month and had reportedly been absent from the office since he led a failed coup against CEO Sam Altman in November.

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