OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy

Wired has reported that Greg Brockman, the co-founder and president of OpenAI, is now officially in charge of the company's product strategy. This move solidifies a temporary role he assumed while Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI deployment, is on medical leave. In a memo to staff, Brockman detailed his intention to combine ChatGPT with the programming tool Codex into a cohesive experience, targeting an "agentic future" to excel in both consumer and enterprise sectors. OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that Simo had worked with Brockman on these initiatives prior to her leave, and discussions about merging ChatGPT, Codex, and its API had already begun with the core product team. This transition follows CEO Sam Altman's "code red" announcement late last year, which called for a renewed focus on the primary ChatGPT experience, leading to the suspension of projects like the video generator Sora and OpenAI for Science.