Microsoft has lost an AI expert and OpenAI has gained one after the previous's vp of generative AI research, Sebastian Bubeck, moved to the latter. The information first reported in regards to the move, and Reuters also confirmed this the departure with Microsoft.
We know Bubeck as a lead writer of articles describing Microsoft's Phi models, a series of extra-small language and vision models designed to assist bring AI applications to edge devices. This sort of expertise is becoming increasingly necessary as large, centralized models like OpenAI's GPT-4o cave in in some markets to on-device models that operate quickly, privately and offline.
While Bubeck's latest role at OpenAI continues to be a mystery, it is probably going that he’ll concentrate on the efficiency and small-model side – an area of the AI world where OpenAI is currently less outstanding.
