OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said on Tuesday he was leaving the company Microsoft-Support activation.
“I’m excited for what comes next – this project is very meaningful to me personally and I will share details in due course,” Suzkweil wrote in a statement. X posts Tuesday.
A few months ago, OpenAI went through a leadership crisis involving co-founder and CEO Sam Altman.
In November, OpenAI’s board of directors said in a statement that Altman “has not always been candid in his communications with the board.” The problem quickly became more complicated. The Wall Street Journal and other outlets have reported that Suzkweil is focused on ensuring that artificial intelligence does not harm humans, while others, including Altman, are more eager to advance new technologies.
Nearly all OpenAI employees signed an open letter saying they were leaving in response to the board’s action. A few days later, Altman returned to the company, while board members Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley and Suzkofer, who voted to oust Altman, quit the company. Adam D’Angelo also voted to oust Altman, but he remains on the board.
When Ultraman was asked about Sutskvill’s status on the show skyrocketing Speaking to reporters at the time, he said he had no updates to share. “I love Ilya…I want us to work together for the rest of my career, my career and so on,” Altman said. “Nothing to announce today.”
On Tuesday, Altman shared his thoughts on Suzkweil’s departure.
“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 wrote. on X. “His talent and vision are well known; his passion and compassion are less known, but equally important.” Altman said research director Jakub Pachocki, who has worked at OpenAI since 2017, will succeed Sutskever as chief scientist.
OpenAI announces new board members, including former sales force Co-executives Brett Taylor and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Microsoft was granted a non-voting board observer position.
In March this year, OpenAI announced the establishment of a new board of directors and concluded an internal investigation by the American law firm WilmerHale into the events that led to Altman’s resignation. Altman rejoins the OpenAI Board of Directors and announces three new board members: Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Nicole Seligman, former Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel of Sony and President of Sony Entertainment ; and Fidji Simo, CEO and Chairman of Instacart.
According to a March company press release from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, the three new members will “join current board members Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers and Bret Taylor, as well as Greg, Sam Work closely with OpenAI’s senior management.”
News of Sutskever’s departure comes a day after OpenAI rolled out new artificial intelligence models and a desktop version of ChatGPT, along with an updated user interface, in the company’s latest effort to expand the use of its popular chatbot.
Technical lead Mira Murati said during a live broadcast on Monday that the update brings the GPT-4 model to everyone, including free users of OpenAI. She added that the new model, GPT-4o, is “much faster” and has improved text, video and audio capabilities.
OpenAI says it eventually plans to allow users to use ChatGPT for video chat. “This is the first time we’ve really taken a big step forward in terms of ease of use,” Mulati said.
In 2015, Ultraman and Tesla OpenAI’s other co-founder and CEO Elon Musk, who was a research scientist at OpenAI at the time, wanted Sutskever. GoogleAccording to a lawsuit Musk filed against OpenAI in March, he will become a top scientist at the emerging startup.
“Dr. Sutskever was hesitant to leave Google and join the project, but it was a phone call from Mr. Musk on the day of OpenAI, Inc.’s public announcement that convinced Dr. Sutskever to commit to the project because OpenAI, Inc.’s chief scientist,” the legal filing states.
