Andrej Karpathy, a prominent name in the AI community, recently updated his bio on the X platform, removing any mention of his work with Anthropic. This move has sparked widespread speculation that he may have left the company after a brief tenure of just over two months. Some online reports claimed that Karpathy had submitted a resignation letter and that his company email had been deactivated. However, neither Karpathy nor Anthropic has confirmed these rumors. Wikipedia still lists him as an employee of Anthropic.

Recently, Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, issued an open letter advocating for open-weight AI models. Notably, Anthropic did not sign this letter. Some netizens have drawn a connection between Karpathy’s bio update and this event, joking that he might feel uneasy about being associated with a company that takes a closed-source approach, thus distancing himself from being seen as part of the “AI family.” However, no direct link between these events has been established.

During his 68-day tenure at Anthropic, Karpathy witnessed the launch of Claude Fable 5, experiencing its highs and lows firsthand. He also praised Claude Tag as the third major innovation in large model interaction design. These developments have led some netizens to question his transition from an advocate of open-source education to a spokesperson for a corporate entity. Ultimately, Karpathy addressed the rumors personally, stating that reports of his resignation are false and that he remains with the company.