Murati is a strong believer in artificial general intelligence (AGI) and has expressed that technology built on the road to AGI could be the most important set of technologies ever built. She has also acknowledged the potential threat of AI's "bad actors" and has expressed support for regulating AI. Prior to joining OpenAI, Murati worked on the Model X at Tesla and held a role at Leap Motion. She left Albania at 16 after winning a scholarship to study in Vancouver and later studied mechanical engineering at Dartmouth.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has stepped down and will be replaced by the company's CTO, Mira Murati, as the interim CEO.
- Murati, a 34-year-old mechanical engineer originally from Albania, has previously worked at tech companies like Tesla and Leap Motion.
- She joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2018 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming its CTO in 2022. She now oversees the teams behind ChatGPT and Dall-E 2.
- Murati is a strong believer in the power of artificial general intelligence (AGI), and under her leadership, OpenAI is expected to continue pushing the frontier of AGI.