Following a recent trend of former OpenAI employees joining Anthropic, Durk Kingma, former head of OpenAI’s algorithms team, has joined the company in an unspecified role. This move highlights concerns about transparency and direction at OpenAI amidst a series of high-profile departures and a massive funding round.
Anthropic has hired yet another of OpenAI's founders, this time bringing on Durk Kingma in an unspecified role. On X on Tuesday, Anthropic announced the news, saying he was excited to join Anthropic because he believes in its approach to developing AI – a frequent refrain among the recent wave of OpenAI departures. Anthropic was formed in 2021 by ex-OpenAI and Google staff, among others, and strives to provide artificial intelligence in a safe and responsible manner.
Like OpenAI, Anthropic offers access to its powerful AI models through an API. 'Looking forward to contributing to Anthropic's mission of developing powerful AI systems responsibly,' Kingma posted. 'Can't wait to work with their talented team, including a number of great ex-colleagues from OpenAI and Google.' Kingma left his role as head of OpenAI's algorithms team in 2018 after just two years under CEO Sam Altman's direction. Gary Marcus, a long-time critic of OpenAI, has described the many senior leadership departures as a 'slow-motion train wreck' at a business that's irrationally overvalued. OpenAI just today raised $6.6 billion, valuing it at $157 billion, with Thrive Capital, Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, and others chipping in. 'Investors shouldn't be pouring more money at higher valuations, they should be asking what is going on,' Marcus observed last week in the wake of a series of high-profile departures. Kingma, who is based in the Netherlands, will largely work remotely for Anthropic. We asked Kingma for comment. Anthropic declined to elaborate on the news, only pointing us to Kingma's post on X
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