While everyone was talking about whether ChatGPT would put product managers out of work, it hired a new product owner.
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On June 1, Peter Deng, the new head of product at ChatGPT, announced that he officially joined OpenAI as "Vice President of Consumer Products" on the LinkedIn
"Today, I will join OpenAI as Vice President of Consumer Products," he wrote. I'm excited to lead the exceptional product, design, and engineering teams behind ChatGPT with the goal of making AI useful, accessible, and beneficial for everyone."
We are at the crossroads of a new era of computing, and there is still a lot to build. From pioneering new interaction paradigms to creating accessibility features that increase people's productivity and creativity, we're only scratching the surface. I feel honored – and incredibly responsible – to help build on the team's achievements and play a part in shaping the future of AI. Exciting times are coming! ”
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In other words, the ChatGPT app that everyone went crazy about the other day, everything related to it will be handed over to Peter Deng in the future.
In the eyes of technologists, Peter Deng is not surprising.
Open Peter Deng's resume to see that he is a well-deserved Silicon Valley technology guru.
Peter Deng graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in symbolic systems science and a master's degree in media studies and communication.
After graduating, Peter Deng worked for Google, Instagram, Facebook, Oculus, Uber and other companies, and along the way, he never seemed to leave the top factories in Silicon Valley.
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In 2006, he began his illustrious career.
A year later, Peter Deng left Google, and this seemed to be the beginning of his fame.
Peter Deng was an important driver behind many of Facebook's core applications, including the development of Facebook Messenger, Chat, Events, News Feeds and Groups, who helped Facebook successfully embrace the wave of mobility and was known as "Zuckerberg's favorite product manager."
In 2013, after the social media platform Instagram was acquired by Facebook. At the time, Instagram had a team of only 50 people, and during the two years led by Peter Deng, users grew to hundreds of millions.
In 2015, he became Head of Product Management, responsible for Oculus' virtual reality and other related technologies.
After nearly 10 years with Facebook, he led all consumer product efforts while helping the company grow its IPO (Initial Public Offering).
Four years later, Peter Deng left Uber and helped Airtable raise $10 billion.
It wasn't until late last year that Peter Deng ended his two-year stint at Airtable.
In fact, Peter Deng is not the first Chinese to contribute to the ChatGPT project.
OpenAI's AI large-language model ChatGPT, released at the end of last year, set off a storm around the world in just a few months, and 9 of the teams with less than 100 ChatGPT people are Chinese, accounting for 10% of the total team size. Among them, 5 students studied in Chinese mainland top universities for undergraduates, and then went to the United States for further study and obtained master's or doctoral degrees, and 3 completed their college education experience in American universities.
With Peter Deng joining the development and research of ChatGPT, it also ushered in the "expectations" of many people for this technology master.
Josh Constine, who has been in contact with Peter Deng, tweeted, "He is a legendary figure who has led products such as Instagram, Messenger, Oculus and Airtable. But the reason we consider him very lucky to be in charge of ChatGPT is because he is also a loving, hands-on father of a 4-year-old. The energy of a good father is exactly what we need to guide AI. ”
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He went on to say, "The next technological age must be built on compassion. I was honestly relieved to hear that Peter had taken the job, one of the smartest and most genuine people I know. ”
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Bo Ren, who worked with Peter Deng on Instagram, also commented, "He is a deep philosophical thinker, and we need the kind of human-centered product leader to lead us into the AI era." ”
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One netizen's review also provided another perspective, "I hope that more companies will start to realize the importance of product people, not just salespeople." ”
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Although ChatGPT is currently the most advanced generative AI big language model on the market, it has also been criticized for possible biases, privacy and security risks, lack of humanization, and inaccurate data.
As a veteran product manager, Peter Deng has held executive positions at several high-profile companies in the past, including Facebook, Uber, Google, and others. He has accumulated rich product experience and management experience in these companies, and has a deep understanding and understanding of product development and promotion.
His addition will inject new vitality and impetus into the development of ChatGPT. This is very good news for users of ChatGPT. With the addition of Peter Deng, ChatGPT's product development and innovation will be faster and more efficient. In the future, we can expect more intelligent, convenient and humanized ChatGPT products to bring more convenience and fun to our lives.