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

John Schulman, a co-founder of OpenAI, announced his exit from the company on Tuesday (August 6). He is set to join OpenAI's rival Anthropic.

In a post on social media platform X, Schulman said that he is making this move "to deepen his focus on AI alignment and return to hands-on technical work in a new chapter of his career".

I shared the following note with my OpenAI colleagues today:

I've made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI. 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. I've decided…