Mira Murati resigned as OpenAI CTO in September 2024, announcing her departure via a memo to staff. She had served as interim CEO during the November 2023 board crisis. Her departure was part of a broader executive exodus that included co-founders and senior researchers leaving OpenAI throughout 2024.
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Mira Murati
Former CTO of OpenAI (2018-2024). Served as interim CEO during Sam Altman's brief ouster in November 2023. Left OpenAI in September 2024 to start her own AI company.
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Said some creative jobs 'maybe shouldn't have been there in the first place' at Dartmouth event
Jun 12, 2024In June 2024 at a Dartmouth event, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati stated 'Some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place.' The comment drew significant backlash from artists, writers, and creative professionals concerned about AI displacement.
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Gave evasive and contradictory answers about Sora AI video model's training data sources
Mar 13, 2024In a March 2024 WSJ interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati gave evasive responses about whether Sora was trained on YouTube or Instagram data, saying she was 'not sure' about publicly available data sources. She later confirmed off-camera that Shutterstock data was used. The incident raised concerns about OpenAI's transparency regarding intellectual property and training data provenance.
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When the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman on November 17, 2023, Mira Murati was named interim CEO. She held the role briefly before the board appointed Emmett Shear, then ultimately Sam Altman returned. Murati was reportedly one of the senior leaders who pushed for Altman's reinstatement and threatened to resign with 700+ employees.