When OpenAI debuted its latest AI model, GPT4-o, in a slick live webcast this past May, it was Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, not the company’s better-known CEO, Sam Altman, who emceed the event.
Murati, dressed in a gray collared T-shirt and jeans, helped show off the software’s ability to interact through voice and image prompts, as well as its skill at simultaneous translation, math, and coding. It was an impressive live demo, timed to steal the thunder from OpenAI’s rival Google, which was set to unveil new features for its own AI chatbot, Gemini, later that week.
