Andrzej Karpathy is leaving OpenAI again – but he says there was no drama

Widely respected research scientist Andrzej Karpathy announced today that he has left OpenAI. This is the second time Karpathy has left the top AI firm and his departure is not due to any incident, issue or drama, he said.

Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI, initially left the company to join Tesla in 2017. He left Tesla in 2022, where he led the Autopilot team and almost rejoined OpenAI. one year ago, Carpathy has also built a large following on social media and YouTube, posting thought-provoking writing on emerging spaces and videos explaining the inner workings of AI.

“Hello everyone, yes, I left OpenAI yesterday. First of all, nothing “happened” and it is not the result of any particular event, issue or drama (but please keep the conspiracy theories going because they are highly entertaining :)), Karpathy said.

“In fact, being at OpenAI over the last ~year has been really great – the team is really strong, the people are amazing, and the roadmap is very exciting, and I think we all have a lot to look forward to. My immediate plan is to work on my personal projects and see what happens. Those of you who have been following me for a while may have an idea of ​​what this might look like.”

Cartfatty’s departure, first reported by The Information, follows a tumultuous year at OpenAI, where Sam Altman was briefly ousted as CEO before being reinstated in a high-drama week . The company told TechCrunch that Karpathy’s responsibilities were transferred to another researcher, whom it did not name.

“Andrzej is departing to pursue personal projects. We are very grateful for his contribution and wish him all the best. His responsibilities have been handed over to a senior researcher who worked closely with Andrzej, a spokesperson said in a statement.

Carpathy’s X bio, which has now been changed, read, “Building a JARVIS on @OpenAI”, indicating that he was working on a project related to AI assistants at the company.

Earlier this year, he Explained The logic behind writing this. He said he wanted to write a term to capture a useful and conversational AI.

“I just name JARVIS in general terms as one of my favorite popular depictions of AI – a supportive, conversational, empowered E/IA automation. An aid against evil and entropy,” he said.