OpenAI co-founder John Schulman leaves Sam Altman company for rival Anthropic

John Schulman, one of the co-founders of artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI, has left the ChatGPT maker for rival Anthropic, he said in a post on social media platform X. “This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” he wrote.

He added, “I’ve decided to pursue this goal at Anthropic, where I believe I can gain new perspectives and do research alongside people deeply engaged with the topics I’m most interested in. To be clear, I’m not leaving due to lack of support for alignment research at OpenAI. On the contrary, company leaders have been very committed to investing in this area. My decision is a personal one, based on how I want to focus my efforts in the next phase of my career.”