OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who played an important role in the firing of CEO Sam Altman and about whom we have not seen much information since, announced that he parted ways with the company.
The protagonist of the artificial intelligence revolution OpenAIIt came to the fore with an incident that occurred on the management side in November 2023. CEO Sam Altman was fired by a decision taken by the board of directors. A few days after this decision, which made a huge impact, it was reversed and Altman took his seat again. A new board of directors was also appointed.
One of the people who caused Altman to be fired was one of the founding partners of the company and the “Chief Scientist” position. It was Ilya Sutskever. We have not seen any statement from Sutskever since what happened. It was also unknown what his fate would be in the company. An announcement came today regarding this matter.
Sutskever parts ways with OpenAI
In a statement made by both Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever on social media, Sutskever said: will leave his position at the company was expressed. Sam Altman announced that they were parting ways, calling Sutskever one of the greatest minds of our time. Adding that OpenAI could not have come to this day without him, Altman 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 Pachocki will undertake. This name, which Altman describes as another great brain of our time, was previously the director of research 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. Stating that he believes that 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 last 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 hardly surprising. After all, he was said to be one of the main figures that got Sam Altman fired. However, many joking claims about him were also circulating on social media.
In these allegations, including Elon Musk, Sutskever said “to the discovery of something scaryIt was claimed that he testified and that’s why he had Altman fired. After not hearing anything 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?” This caused us to encounter questions everywhere.
Another executive close to Sutskever also left
Another OpenAI executive alongside Sutskever Jan Leike He also left his post. Leike, head of the Superalignment team responsible for directing and controlling how artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, said via X:“I resigned.” He announced this development with his statements. Leike’s He was close to Sutskever It was known.
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