Prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy picks Anthropic over former home OpenAI to get back into frontier LLM research

Andrej Karpathy, a prominent AI figure, has joined Anthropic after leaving OpenAI. Previously a core team member at OpenAI and Tesla's Autopilot architect, he aims to return to R&D, emphasizing the importance of the coming years in LLM development. His choice of Anthropic over OpenAI signifies a notable loss for his former employer. Karpathy believes the next few years will be crucial for advancing large language models, and he sees Anthropic as a platform to explore new frontiers in this domain. This shift occurs as interest in LLMs surges, intensifying competition among AI firms.