It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now

OpenAI has faced a turbulent year of a Musk jury trial, an Apple trade secrets lawsuit, scrutiny over an unreleased model that hacked another AI company, and multiple executive departures as it prepares for an IPO, while co-founder and president Greg Brockman has quietly accumulated more power. Brockman’s rise matters because he has been helping steer OpenAI since its inception and is described as the engineering workhorse behind the company’s scaled-up systems, making him increasingly central to its future.

OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company. As it prepares for an IPO, a steady string of executives have departed, including some of the company's biggest names. Throughout it all, one person has quietly amassed power: Greg Brockman. Brockman is currently OpenAI's president and co-founder. He's helped lead OpenAI since its inception, described as an "engineering workhorse that pushed to build scaled-up systems that w … Read the full story at The Verge.