OpenAI co-founder Brockman takes charge of product strategy

OpenAI has put co-founder and president Greg Brockman in charge of product strategy while CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo is on medical leave.

In a staff memo, Brockman told staff that OpenAI plans to combine ChatGPT and coding product Codex into one experience as it narrows its product focus.

Although Simo remains on medical leave, she collaborated with Brockman on these strategic changes. The company has already been talking about plans to combine ChatGPT, Codex, and its API into a single platform run by one core product team.

🔗 Source: TechCrunch

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