内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/openai-executive-kevin-weil-is-leaving-the-company/

内容总结：

据科技媒体WIRED确认，OpenAI前首席产品官凯文·韦尔已离开公司。韦尔此前负责为科学家构建名为Prism的新型AI工作平台，更早前曾担任Instagram早期产品负责人。

韦尔在社交媒体上表示：“今天是我在OpenAI的最后一天，因为‘OpenAI for Science’项目已分散并入其他研究团队。”他于2024年6月加入OpenAI，去年9月宣布启动“OpenAI for Science”计划。目前该公司正将该计划团队成员分散至产品、研究和基础设施部门。

与此同时，OpenAI宣布停止开发Prism项目。这款今年1月推出的网页应用原旨在帮助科学家更高效运用AI工具，其10人团队将并入Codex部门，相关功能将整合至桌面版Codex应用。公司发言人表示，此举是统一业务与产品战略的一部分，未来计划将Codex发展为综合性应用平台。

此次人事变动正值OpenAI战略调整期。面对Anthropic等竞争对手的压力以及筹备今年下半年IPO的计划，公司正聚焦企业服务和代码开发等核心领域。今年3月，OpenAI AGI部署首席执行官菲吉·西莫曾向员工强调需简化产品线，此前已因此关停Sora视频生成应用。

除韦尔外，OpenAI企业应用首席技术官斯里尼瓦斯·纳拉亚南于同日宣布因家庭原因离职，Sora项目负责人比尔·皮布尔斯也公开确认离开公司。近期该公司管理层持续震荡：西莫因健康原因暂离岗位，联合创始人格雷格·布罗克曼临时接管产品事务，首席营销官凯特·劳奇因健康问题休假，首席运营官布拉德·莱特卡普则转任特别项目职位。

OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼在近期博客中坦言：“OpenAI已从初创公司成长为重要平台，我们需要以更可预测的方式运作。过去几年极度紧张、混乱且充满压力。”值得关注的是，该公司同日发布了面向生命科学研究的GPT-Rosalind模型系列，发言人重申AI加速科学发现始终是公司核心使命之一。

中文翻译：

据《连线》杂志证实，OpenAI前首席产品官凯文·韦尔即将离职。他此前曾被委以重任，为科学家打造名为"Prism"的新型人工智能工作平台。在加入OpenAI之前，韦尔曾是Instagram早期负责产品业务的高管。

就在《连线》报道其离职消息后不久，韦尔于周五在社交媒体上发文称："今天是我在OpenAI的最后一天，因为'OpenAI科学计划'正被分散整合到其他研究团队中。过去两年是思维不断拓展的旅程——从首席产品官到加入研究团队，再到启动OpenAI科学计划。"韦尔未立即回应《连线》杂志的置评请求。

OpenAI同时宣布将逐步关停Prism项目。该公司今年1月推出这款网络应用程序，旨在为科学家提供更优质的人工智能协作工具。原属该项目的约十人团队将并入OpenAI旗下Codex部门，由负责人蒂博·索蒂奥统一管理，其技术能力将整合至桌面版Codex应用。OpenAI发言人证实了这一调整，并向《连线》表示这是公司统一业务与产品战略的重要举措。该公司怀有更宏大的愿景——计划将人工智能编程应用Codex打造为"全能型应用程序"。

韦尔于2024年6月加入OpenAI，去年9月宣布在公司内部启动"OpenAI科学计划"。如今，该计划团队成员将被分流至公司的产品、研究和基础设施部门。OpenAI发言人重申了公司加速科学发现的承诺，称这是人工智能造福人类最明确的途径之一。周五早些时候，该公司发布了专为生命科学研究人员打造的全新人工智能模型系列GPT-Rosalind，旨在提升科研效率。

面对Anthropic等竞争对手日益加剧的压力，以及为今年晚些时候启动首次公开募股做准备，OpenAI正着力将资源集中于企业服务和编程等关键领域。今年3月，OpenAI通用人工智能部署首席执行官菲吉·西莫向员工强调，公司需要精简产品线。这种资源向重点领域倾斜的策略，直接导致了Sora视频生成应用程序的停运。

除韦尔外，另有两位高管于周五宣布离职。OpenAI企业应用首席技术官斯里尼瓦斯·纳拉亚南在内部通告中将离职归因于家庭原因。他最初以工程副总裁身份加入公司。而Sora项目负责人比尔·皮布尔斯也在社交平台X上宣布了离职决定。

韦尔、皮布尔斯与纳拉亚南的离职，仅是OpenAI近期高管层动荡的缩影。随着西莫因健康问题暂离岗位进行医疗休养，该公司近期宣布了重大管理层重组方案。根据公告，联合创始人兼总裁格雷格·布罗克曼将临时接管产品事务，首席营销官凯特·劳奇同样因健康原因暂时离岗。首席运营官布拉德·莱特卡普则在重组中转任"特别项目"职务。

OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼在近期博客文章中似乎承认了这些动荡："我深知OpenAI已从锐意进取的初创企业成长为重要平台，现在我们需要以更可预测的方式运作。过去几年确实充满高强度、混乱与高压。"

英文来源：

Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s former chief product officer who was recently tapped to build a new AI workspace for scientists, Prism, is leaving the company, WIRED has confirmed. Weil was previously an early executive leading product at Instagram.
“Today is my last day at OpenAI, as OpenAI for Science is being decentralized into other research teams,” Weil said in a social media post on Friday, shortly after WIRED reported his departure. “It’s been a mind-expanding two years, from Chief Product Officer to joining the research team and starting OpenAI for Science.”
Weil did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WIRED.
OpenAI is also sunsetting Prism, which the company launched as a web app in January to give scientists a better way to work with AI. The company is folding the roughly 10-person team behind it under OpenAI’s head of Codex, Thibault Sottiaux, and aims to incorporate Prism’s capabilities into its desktop Codex app. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the changes and tells WIRED this is part of the company’s effort to unify its business and product strategy. OpenAI has broader ambitions to turn Codex, its AI coding application, into an “everything app.”
Weil, who joined OpenAI in June 2024, announced last September that he would be starting a new initiative inside of the company called OpenAI for Science. Now, OpenAI is dispersing those employees throughout the company’s product, research, and infrastructure teams. An OpenAI spokesperson reiterated the company’s commitment to accelerating scientific discovery and says it’s one of the clearest ways AI can benefit humanity. Earlier on Friday, the company announced a new series of AI models—GPT-Rosalind—built to help life sciences researchers work faster.
OpenAI is trying to refocus the company around a few key areas, such as enterprise offerings and coding, as the company faces increasing pressure from rivals like Anthropic and gears up to file for an IPO later this year. In March, OpenAI’s CEO of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, told staff that the company needs to simplify its product offerings. The push to divert resources to more consequential efforts resulted in OpenAI discontinuing its Sora video-generation app.
Unrelated to Weil’s news, two other executives announced on Friday that they are departing OpenAI. OpenAI’s chief technology officer of enterprise applications, Srinivas Narayanan, announced internally that he is leaving the company to spend time with his family. Narayanan had joined OpenAI as the company’s VP of engineering. And Bill Peebles, head of Sora, posted on X that he was done at OpenAI as well.
The exits of Weil, Peebles, and Narayanan are just the latest in a series of executive shake-ups at OpenAI. The company recently announced a major reorganization of its executive team as Simo took a medical leave to focus on her health. In the same announcement, OpenAI said cofounder and president Greg Brockman would oversee the company’s products in the interim, and the company’s chief marketing officer, Kate Rouch, would take a leave of absence due to medical issues. Chief operating officer Brad Lightcap transitioned to a “special projects” role as part of the restructuring as well.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed to acknowledge the various upheavals in a recent blog post. “I am also very aware that OpenAI is now a major platform, not a scrappy startup, and we need to operate in a more predictable way now,” he wrote. “It has been an extremely intense, chaotic, and high-pressure few years.”