In a sudden management shake-up, the maker of ChatGPT recently fired its CEO, Sam Altman (who is now reinstated), and appointed Mira Murati, the company’s CTO, as interim CEO. Against the backdrop, a post has gone viral on social media, claiming that Mira Murati is an Indian-origin.
A Facebook user shared this post and wrote, “Open AI ने CEO सैम ऑल्टमैन को पद से हटा दिया है, जिसके बाद भारतीय मूल की मीरा मूर्ति अंतरिम सीईओ बन गई हैं।मीरा कंपनी की चीफ टेक्नोलॉजी ऑफिसर है भी हैं। कंपनी के मुताबिक सैम को हटाने का फैसला काफी सोच-समझकर लिया गया है। रिव्यू में बोर्ड सदस्यों ने ये निष्कर्ष निकाला कि सैम उनके साथ ठीक से कम्युनिकेट नहीं कर पा रहे थे।” [English translation: OpenAI has removed CEO Sam Altman from the post, and Indian-origin Meera Murthy has become the Interim CEO. Meera is also the Chief Technology Officer of the company. According to the company, the decision to remove Sam has been taken very thoughtfully. In the review, board members concluded that Sam was not communicating properly with them.]
This Facebook post can be seen here.
It is being widely shared on Facebook and X with a similar claim.
The media outlet Dainik Jagran has also shared this post mentioning Mira Murati as Indian origin.
https://t.co/BtzQf2IqPU || Mira Murati बनीं Open AI की नई सीईओ
ChatGPT की निर्माता कंपनी ओपन एआई (Open AI) के बोर्ड ने अपने सह-संस्थापक और सीईओ सैम ऑल्टमैन को बाहर का रास्ता दिखा दिया है।कंपनी ने भारतीय मूल की मीरा मूर्ति (ChatGPT New CEO) को तत्काल प्रभाव से अंतरिम सीईओ की… pic.twitter.com/WDWG4BRO45— Dainik Jagran (@JagranNews) November 18, 2023
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
With an open keyword search, our team traced a report by Business Times, dated November 18, 2023. As per the report, Mira Murati is born in Albania and educated in Canada. She is a mechanical engineer by profession. During her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, she developed a hybrid race car. She was with Tesla, where she played a key role in the development of the Model X car. She also worked in a start-up called Leap Motion that developed a computing system to track hand and finger motions. In 2018, she joined OpenAI.
According to a report by The New York Times, dated November 17, 2023, born in an Albanian family, Mira left Albania at the age of 16 after receiving a scholarship to attend an international school in Vancouver, Canada. She later obtained an engineering degree from Dartmouth and eventually moved to San Francisco.
Another report claims that the Mira was born in Vlora, Albania, in 1987. And the surname Murati is quite common among the Albanians.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that Mira Murati was born in Albania, NOT an Indian origin.
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