OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announced on Tuesday that he is leaving the company. OpenAI confirmed his departure in a press release. Suzkwel officially withdraws He helped lead a push with other board members to fire Chief Executive Sam Altman nearly six months ago, but the move backfired days later.
“After nearly ten years, I have decided to leave OpenAI,” Sutskever said via tweet Tuesday afternoon. “I’m excited for what comes next – this project is very meaningful to me personally and I will share details in due course.”
“Ilya and OpenAI will part ways,” Altman tweeted shortly after. “This is very sad for me; Ilya was undoubtedly one of the greatest thinkers of our generation, a guiding light in our field, and a dear friend.
Altman went on to say that Jakub Pachocki, a senior researcher on the Sutskever team, will succeed him as OpenAI’s chief scientist. Sutskever points to an undisclosed project that “makes sense” for him moving forward. It’s unclear what the project is.
Jan Leike, another OpenAI executive who worked with Sutskever to safeguard the future of artificial intelligence, also reportedly resigned on Tuesday. information. Leike and Sutskever lead OpenAI Super aligned teamtasked with the ambitious task of ensuring that the company’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence does not turn against humanity.
Over the past six months, Sutskever’s status at OpenAI has been unclear. When Altman returned to the company in late November 2023, he had this to say about Sutskever: “We hope to continue our working relationship and are discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI.” Sutskever was the only one at OpenAI who was in trouble at the time. Members – were neither fired nor rehired.
Altman has since declined to answer questions about Suzkweil’s status in the company in multiple interviews. During this period we heard little from Suzkweil himself. This is Sutskever’s first tweet in more than five months, and OpenAI’s chief scientist has not appeared in major announcements such as Sora and this week’s GPT-4 Omni.
Earlier this year, OpenAI founding members Andrej Karpathy leaves the company. In this case, Capaldi also did not provide a specific reason for quitting, later stating that he would work on a solo project.
Sutskever posted a photo with OpenAI leaders Altman and Mira Murati, Greg Brockmanand Jakub Pachocki shortly after announcing their exit. Cervera; the person pictured posted a kind message about Sutskever’s tenure at OpenAI, praising the renowned scientist’s contributions to the world of artificial intelligence.
