Greg Brockman has confirmed his return to OpenAI after taking three months leave from his role as president.

In August, Brockman announced a sabbatical after working for the company consistently since he co-founded the AI business 2015.

“Longest vacation of my life complete, back to building @OpenAI,” wrote Brockman on X.

According to Bloomberg News, Brockman has been working with chief executive Sam Altman to craft a new role that will allow him to focus on addressing significant technical tasks.

Brockman previously resigned from his role as president in November 2023 in protest of Altman's dismissal announced by OpenAI's board of directors.

At the time, the company's board had justified Altman's dismissal with allegations of abusive behaviour and concerns about AI security. However, Altman was reinstated a few days later, followed by Brockman.

During the past six months, the firm has seen a series of departures of senior executives, including its former chief technology officer Mira Murati, and co-founders John Schulman and Ilya Sustkever.

Sustkever, who announced his departure in May 2024 after almost ten years with the company, has launched a company called Safe Superintelligence that focuses on developing AI systems for safety and security.

Schulman , left OpenAI in August 2024 to join AI start-up Anthropic.

In a statement at the time, he said the decision to leave the firm was driven by a desire to focus more deeply on AI research and to work with people “‘who are deeply engaged with these topics.”

Last week, OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Search, a fine-tuned version of GPT-4o that aims to boost the quality and speed of searches, competing with the likes of Google and Microsoft.

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