CNN —OpenAI’s chief scientist and cofounder, who played an instrumental role in CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived ouster from OpenAI in November, announced that he was leaving company on Tuesday.
“After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI,” Ilya Sutskever said in a social media post.
Sutskever’s role at OpenAI will be filled by Jakub Pachocki, previously the company’s director of research, according to the company.
Sutskever played a defining role in OpenAI’s rise to power in the AI scene.
In 2019, Altman, Sutskever and Greg Brockman jointly formed OpenAI LP, a for-profit entity within the larger nonprofit company’s structure.
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