Welcome to the Tech Meam Brine Home for Thursday, September 26,

2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. There's only two stories really.

If you can believe it, more executive departures at Open AI as it looks

like they're serious about going for profit. And yes, Meta announced a new quest

headset but the real headlines are the Orion Smart Glasses which you can't actually

buy.

What?

I'll explain.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Well, and then there was just Sam, I guess.

Open AI, CTO, Mira Marotti says she is leaving the company after six and a half years quote because I want

to create the time and space to do my own exploration end quote quoting

cambi c'm b c i moorati wrote in a memo to the company that she's focusing on ensuring a

quote smooth transition. After much reflection I have made the difficult decision to

leave open AI she wrote in the memo which she also posted on social

media site X there's never an ideal time to step away from a place one cherishes

yet this moment feels right end quote. Later in the day open AI CEO Sam Altman said research chief Bob

McGrew and Barrett Zof a research vice president are also departing as the

high-valued artificial intelligence startup continues to lose top talent.

Altman wrote in a late afternoon post on X that McGrew and Zof were leaving and that their decisions

were independent of each other.

The timing of Mira's decision was such that it made sense to now do

this all at once so that we can work together for a smooth hand over to the next generation of

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