OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announced he was leaving the company: he played a role in the firing of CEO Sam Altman!
May 15, 2024
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The protagonist of the artificial intelligence revolution Open AIIt came to light in an incident that occurred on the management side in November 2023. CEO Sam Altman was
The protagonist of the artificial intelligence revolution Open AIIt came to light in an incident that occurred on the management side in November 2023. CEO Sam Altman was fired by decision of the board of directors. A few days after this decision, which had a huge impact, it was reversed and Altman took his seat again. A new board was also appointed.
One of the people who got Altman fired was one of the company’s founders and held the position of “Chief Scientist”. It was Ilya Sutskever. We haven’t seen any statement from Sutskever since what happened. It was also unknown what his fate in the company would be. Today there was an announcement regarding this issue.
Sutskever is parting ways with OpenAI
In a statement from both Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever on social media, Sutskever said: will leave his position with the company was expressed. Sam Altman announced their breakup and called Sutskever one of the greatest minds of our time. Altman added that OpenAI could not have been created without him to this day and stated that the former manager will focus on his own project.
According to the CEO’s statements, he will no longer be the Chief Scientist. Jakup Pachoki will undertake. This name, which Altman describes as another great brain of our time, was previously research director and played an important role in the development of GPT-4.
Sutskever explains:
Sutskever announced his decision to leave in the statement he shared on X. He stated that he gave it to him. Saying that he believes OpenAI will develop AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), Sutskever expressed his gratitude to all managers and now on a project that means a lot.will work transferred. He added that he would share details about this project soon.
Sutskever also shared a final photo with OpenAI executives:
*From left to right: Jakup Pachoki (new Chief Scientific Officer), Greg Brockman (President), Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman (CEO), Mira Murati (CTO)
Sutskever’s departure is not surprising. After all, he was said to be one of the key figures in getting Sam Altman fired. However, there were also many jokes about him circulating on social media.
In these accusations, including Elon Musk, Sutskever said: “until the discovery of something scaryIt was alleged that he testified and that’s why he got Altman fired. After not hearing from him for months after what happened, it turned into a meme among users and we see it under the text “” every time OpenAI or Sam Altman posts somethingWhere is Ilya?”, “What did Ilya really see? As a result, we encountered questions everywhere.
Another director close to Sutskever also left
Another OpenAI manager besides Sutskever Jan Leike He also left his post. Leike, head of the Superalignment team responsible for driving and monitoring how artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, said via X:“I quit.” He announced this development with his statements. Leike’s He was close to Sutskever It was known.
If you’re curious about the story of Ilya Sutskever, who was instrumental in bringing OpenAI to where it is today:
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