Ilya Sutskever, one of the co-founders of OpenAI, revealed on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his position at the company. In a post shared on X, Ilya Sutskever expressed his decision to leave OpenAI after nearly a decade of service. He praised the company’s remarkable trajectory and expressed confidence in its ability to continue developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) under the leadership of key figures like Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Mira Murati.
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, announced that Jakub Pachocki will succeed Ilya Sutskever as the company’s new chief scientist. Jakub Pachocki, who previously held the role of director of research at OpenAI, played a pivotal role in the development of projects such as GPT-4 and OpenAI Five. Sam Altman acknowledged Ilya Sutskever’s significant contributions to OpenAI, emphasizing that the company owes much of its success to his efforts.
