Computerworld October 15, 2024
High-profile exits from OpenAI, and now Microsoft, signal fierce competition for AI talent as big tech companies race toward developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), with top executives shifting between industry leaders.
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft’s vice president of GenAI research, is leaving the company to join OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
Bubeck, a 10-year veteran at Microsoft, played a significant role in driving the company’s generative AI strategy, with a focus on designing more efficient small language models (SLMs) to rival OpenAI’s GPT systems.
His work culminated in the creation of the compact and cost-effective Phi models, which have since been incorporated into key Microsoft products like the Bing chatbot and Office 365 Copilot, gradually replacing OpenAI’s models in specific functions....
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