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

 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. 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.