Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy, a leading researcher in the AI community and a founding member of OpenAI, left the company on Monday, as first reported by The Information. Karpathy later confirmed his departure.I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future Tech“Yes, I left OpenAI yesterday,” Karpathy said in a tweet Tuesday. “First of all nothing ‘happened’ and it’s not a result of any particular event, issue or drama,” said the researcher. “My immediate plan is to work on my personal projects and see what happens. Those of you…

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s former head of artificial intelligence, said that he could return to Tesla, especially to work on the Optimus robot and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer vision expert. He joined as Tesla was transitioning from using Mobileye’s technology for driver-assist features to its own system powered by computer vision. The engineer is credited for building Tesla’s machine learning and computer vision team. He quickly…

Tesla’s head of artificial intelligence and Autopilot team, is leaving the company Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s head of artificial intelligence and leader of the company’s Autopilot team, announced that he is leaving the automaker. It is a big loss for Tesla’s Autopilot team and a setback in their efforts to develop self-driving technology. Tesla is losing its top Autopilot executive. Karpathy worked for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle venture for about five years and led its Autopilot efforts. He…

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s head of AI and a key leader in the development of Autopilot, its driver assist feature which requires supervision by a human, announced on Twitter Wednesday that he’s leaving the company. “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways,” Karpathy wrote. “In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum.” In a…

A Tesla Model S car equipped with AutopilotDavid Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTesla AI and Autopilot leader Andrej Karpathy announced Wednesday that he's no longer working for the electric vehicle maker."It's been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways," Karpathy wrote on Twitter. "In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum."He…

Andrej Karpathy, senior director in charge of AI and computer vision at Tesla, announced that he is leaving the automaker. It is a big loss for Tesla’s Autopilot team and self-driving effort. Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer vision expert. He quickly rose through the ranks and became a big part of Tesla’s Autopilot team and the automaker’s effort to develop a full self-driving system. As Tesla expanded its effort from self-driving to broader artificial intelligence,…