OpenAI VP leaves hours after Sam Altman's Pentagon deal, joins Anthropic

2026-03-04 - 14:43

OpenAI's VP of Research, Max Schwarzer, has departed to join Anthropic, citing a desire to return to technical research and rejoin trusted colleagues. Schwarzer, who led post-training for models including GPT-5, expressed pride in his work at OpenAI. His move follows OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of War for AI deployment in classified settings.