OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down
Key Points:
- Thibault Sottiaux, who played a key role in growing OpenAI’s AI coding business, is now leading a major transformation of ChatGPT to enhance its capabilities.
- Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s Chief Futurist known for his AI safety research and involvement in the Musk v. Altman trial, is departing the company after nearly nine years.
- Anthropic has launched Claude Cowork, a mobile agent that continues working on tasks after laptops are closed, reflecting a shift toward smartphone-controlled AI assistants.
- OpenAI introduced GPT-5.5-Cyber alongside the “Patch the Planet” initiative, aiming to improve AI cybersecurity and address vulnerabilities in open-source software.
- Meta has paused its employee-tracking program following an internal data leak, while employees express dissatisfaction with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s proposed companywide AI hackathon.