Fidji Simo 因疾病卸任 OpenAI AGI 负责人职务

OpenAI 的 Fidji Simo 即将离开她 AGI 负责人的全职岗位，转为“兼职顾问”，她在 X 上表示。

此前，今年4月 Simo 最初宣布因神经免疫性疾病请几周病假，那时她刚担任 AGI 负责人不久。（她之前是公司的应用首席执行官）。差不多同一时间，首席运营官 Brad Lightcap 也卸任去专注“特殊项目”，而首席营销官 Kate Rouch 同样因健康原因卸任，当时 Simo 表示 Rouch 计划在身体允许时回归一个“职责范围更窄的角色”。

Simo 在 4 月宣布离职也开启了数月的高管层变动。在她休病假期间，OpenAI 总裁 Greg Brockman 将负责产品，包括领导 OpenAI 的超级应用研发，而首席战略官 Jason Kwon、首席财务官 Sarah Friar 和首席营收官 Denise Dresser 则领导业务侧。

大约一个月后，也就是 5 月中旬，情况再次变化，公司进行了重组：Brockman 正式负责 OpenAI 的产品战略与“规模扩展”，领导四大支柱：核心产品与平台；关键企业行业；消费者（即健康、商业和个人金融）；以及核心基础设施、广告、数据科学与增长。在 The Verge 5 月 看到的一份备忘录中，Brockman 写道，这次重组将有助于公司优先推进 AI Agent 目标，通过整合产品来“投资单一智能代理平台，并将 ChatGPT 和 Codex 融合为面向所有人的统一智能代理体验”。

Simo 在 X 上 写道：“三个月前，由于我已与之共处七年的慢性疾病严重发作，我不得不休病假。”“在那段时间里，我发现康复之路比我预想的要漫长和复杂得多——我需要全身心投入……一边帮助构建未来，一边应对一种尚无治愈方法的致残性疾病，这种体验令人不安。”

OpenAI 首席执行官 Sam Altman 在 X 上 写道，他“对此感到非常难过”，并对 Simo 表示感谢。

OpenAI’s Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company’s AGI chief and is transitioning to being a “part-time advisor,” she said on X.

The news follows Simo’s original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition, shortly after she had taken on the AGI chief title. (She had formerly been the company’s CEO of applications). Around the same time, COO Brad Lightcap also stepped down from his role to focus on “special projects,” and OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch also stepped down in order to focus on her health. Rouch planned to return to a “more narrowly scoped role” when her health allowed for it, Simo said at the time.

Simo’s announcement in April also kicked off months of announcements of C-suite changes. While Simo was out on medical leave, OpenAI president Greg Brockman was to take charge of product, including leading OpenAI’s super app efforts, while CSO Jason Kwon, CFO Sarah Friar, and CRO Denise Dresser led the business side of things.

But about a month later, in mid-May, things changed again, with a company reorganization: Brockman officially took charge of OpenAI’s product strategy and “scaling,” leading four different pillars: core product and platform; critical enterprise industries; consumer (i.e., health, commerce, and personal finance); and core infrastructure, ads, data science, and growth. In a memo viewed by The Verge in May, Brockman wrote that the reorganization would help the company prioritize its AI agent goals by combining its products to “invest in a single agentic platform and to merge ChatGPT and Codex into one unified agentic experience for all.”

“Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness I’ve lived with for seven years,” Simo wrote on X. “During that time, it became clear that the road to recovery would be much longer and more complex than I had anticipated—and that I needed to focus on it fully … It has been a jarring experience to spend my days helping build the future while simultaneously navigating a disabling disease that still has no cure.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X that he was “really sad about this” and grateful to Simo.