Jump to content

Mira Murati

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mira Murati
Born (1988-12-16) 16 December 1988 (age 35)
Vlorë, Albania
EducationColby College
Dartmouth College
EmployerOpenAI
Known forChatGPT, DALL-E, and GPT-4 (development)
Artificial intelligence ethics (advocacy)
TitleChief technology officer
AwardsHonorary Doctor of Science

Ermira "Mira" Murati (born 16 December 1988) is an Albanian engineer, researcher, and tech executive, who was the chief technology officer of OpenAI from 2018 to 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

[edit]

Murati was born on 16 December 1988[6] in Vlorë, Albania.[7] Throughout her school years, she participated in many Olympiads and math competitions.[8]

At age 16, she won a scholarship and attended the Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada, from which she graduated in 2005.[9][10] Murati then pursued a dual-degree program in the United States, earning a Bachelor of Arts (AB) in Mathematics from Colby College in 2011,[11][12] followed in 2012 by a Bachelor of Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College (where she studied Mechanical Engineering).[13][14][15][16][17]

Career

[edit]

Early career

[edit]

Murati briefly worked for Zodiac Aerospace before joining electric car company Tesla in 2013, where she was a product manager on the Model X. From 2016 until joining OpenAI in 2018, she worked for augmented reality start-up Leap Motion (now Ultraleap).[18][19][20][21]

OpenAI

[edit]

Murati joined OpenAI in 2018 as a researcher, and became its chief technology officer, leading its work on ChatGPT, Dall-E, Codex and Sora, while overseeing its research, product and safety teams.[18][22][23][24] She oversees the technical advancements and direction of OpenAI's various projects, including the development of advanced AI models and tools. Her work has been instrumental in the development and deployment of some of OpenAI's most notable products, such as the Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) series of language models.[25][better source needed] Her work includes pushing the boundaries of machine learning while advocating for the responsible and ethical use of AI technologies.[26]

In November 2023, Murati briefly took over as interim chief executive officer of OpenAI following the removal of Sam Altman from the job.[27][28][16][29] She was replaced by Emmett Shear three days later, who was in turn ousted when Altman was reinstated five days after being removed. Following this series of events, Murati returned to her role as CTO.[30][31][32]

In September 2024, Murati announced that she was stepping down as CTO to allow her the opportunity to "do my own exploration".[33][34] In her exit memo, she expressed gratitude towards the OpenAI team and highlighted the success of their recent developments in AI, including speech-to-speech technology and OpenAI's work on "robust, aligned, and steerable" models.[34] This move came amid a wider executive exodus as OpenAI chief research officer Bob McGrew and a vice president of research, Barret Zoph, also announced their departures soon after.[35]

Awards and recognition

[edit]

In 2023, Murati was ranked 57th on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women.[36]

Writing forTime's 2023 100 Next list of rising leaders across industries, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella praised Murati's "ability to assemble teams with technical expertise, commercial acumen, and a deep appreciation for the importance of mission". He went on to say, "Mira has helped build some of the most exciting AI technologies we’ve ever seen, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and GPT-4."[25] She was also included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI" in 2024.[37]

In 2024, Dartmouth College awarded Murati an honorary Doctor of Science for her work in artificial intelligence, technology, and engineering.[38][39]

Publications

[edit]
  • Murati, Ermira (Spring 2022). "Language & Coding Creativity". Dædalus (Journal of the AAAS). 151 (2). Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS): 156–167. doi:10.1162/daed_a_01907. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Woman, Global (10 March 2023). "Mira Murati: The Albanian Woman Who Developed ChatGPT". Global Woman Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. ^ Binder, Matt (17 November 2023). "Mira Murati: Who is the new OpenAI interim CEO?". Mashable. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ Browne, Ryan (20 November 2023). "Who is new interim OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear? All you need to know about the man replacing Sam Altman". CNBC. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Ermira Murati". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ^ "About". openai.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Mira Murati:The Friendly Face Heading Up Tech For ChatGPT". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  7. ^ Morris, Chris (2023). "OpenAI's Mira Murati". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Behind the Tech Podcast with Kevin Scott - Microsoft". Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott. Microsoft. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20231119184805/https://www.pearsoncollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/Annual_Report_2008.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "Ermira Murati | Davis UWC Scholars". www.davisuwcscholars.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  11. ^ "The Colby Oracle 2011". The Colby Oracle. 1 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Announcing the 2024 Honorary Degree Recipients". Dartmouth Student Affairs. 8 April 2024.
  13. ^ Barath, Harini (2023). "ChatGPT Gets Dartmouth Talking". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  14. ^ "From the Editor, Colby College". Colby College. p. 2. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  15. ^ Bordoloi, Pritam (9 May 2022). "OpenAI gets a new president, CTO & COO in the latest rejig". Analytics India Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  16. ^ a b Mickle, Tripp; Metz, Cade (17 November 2023). "Meet Mira Murati, the Engineer Now Leading OpenAI". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Dartmouth Engineering Alum Mira Murati Interviewed on The Daily Show…". Dartmouth Engineering. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  18. ^ a b Murgia, Madhumita (18 June 2023). "OpenAI's Mira Murati: the woman charged with pushing generative AI into the real world". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  19. ^ Robison, Kylie; Lev-Ram, Michal (5 October 2023). "Mira Murati, the young CTO of OpenAI, is building ChatGPT and shaping your future". Fortune. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023.
  20. ^ Barr, Lollie. "Mira Murati". CEO Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Mira Murati, CTO of ChatGPT company OpenAI has a 'warning'". The Times of India. 10 February 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  22. ^ Simons, John (February 2023). "Keeping AI in Check". TIME. Vol. 201, no. 5/6. pp. 60–61.
  23. ^ Stern, Joanna. "WSJ News Exclusive | OpenAI Made AI Videos for Us. These Clips Are Good Enough to Freak Us Out". WSJ. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Insider Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on shepherding ChatGPT". AP News. 24 April 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  25. ^ a b "2023 TIME100 Next: Mira Murati". Time. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Speaker Details: EmTech Digital 2022". event.technologyreview.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  27. ^ "OpenAI announces leadership transition". openai.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  28. ^ Peters, Jay (17 November 2023). "Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI". The Verge. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  29. ^ Seetharaman, Deepa; Berber, Jin (17 November 2023). "Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  30. ^ Heath, Alex (20 November 2023). "The deal to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI has fallen apart". The Verge.
  31. ^ Metz, Cade; Isaac, Mike; Mickle, Tripp; Weise, Karen; Roose, Kevin (22 November 2023). "Sam Altman Is Reinstated as OpenAI's Chief Executive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  32. ^ Isaac, Mike; Mickle, Tripp; Metz, Cade (7 March 2024). "Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman's Ouster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  33. ^ Zeff, Maxwell (25 September 2024). "OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she's leaving the company". TechCrunch. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  34. ^ a b Murati, Mira [@miramurati] (25 September 2024). "I shared the following note with the OpenAI team today" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via Twitter. Our recent releases of speech-to-speech and Open AI o1 mark the beginning of a new era in interaction and intelligence... we fundamentally changed how AI systems learn and reason through complex problems. We brought safety research from the theoretical realm into practical applications, creating models that are more robust, aligned, and steerable than ever before... I'm stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration.
  35. ^ Isaac, Mike; Metz, Cade (25 September 2024). "OpenAI Executives Exit as C.E.O. Works to Make the Company For-Profit". New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  36. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  37. ^ Chow, Andrew R. (5 September 2024). "TIME100 AI 2024: Mira Murati". Time. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  38. ^ "Dartmouth Awards Honorary Degrees | Dartmouth". home.dartmouth.edu. 9 June 2024.
  39. ^ "OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Th'12 Shares Optimism for AI's Future". Dartmouth Engineering.
[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to Mira Murati.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mira_Murati&oldid=1247818867"