OpenAI NewsMay 15, 2024, 02:00 UTC+8

Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI, Jakub Pachocki announced as Chief Scientist

OpenAI announced that Ilya Sutskever will leave and Jakub Pachocki will become Chief Scientist. Only the title confirms these 2 personnel changes; the post body is empty and does not disclose timing, transition terms, or scope of responsibilities.

Why it matters: This is a 95+ personnel story: OpenAI's cofounder and chief scientist is leaving, which fits the policy's top band. HKR-H/K/R all pass, but the body does not disclose timing, scope, or transition details, so it stops short of a higher score.

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Ilya’s exit hands OpenAI’s research center to the scaling camp. The post gives two hard facts: Ilya will “part ways,” and Jakub Pachocki becomes Chief Scientist. Jakub has been at OpenAI since 2017 and is credited with GPT-4, OpenAI Five, large-scale RL, and deep learning optimization. That résumé is not a governance-safety appointment; it is a vote for training systems, RL, and scale as the core research engine.

Don’t let Sam Altman’s elegiac memo soften the read. After the November 2023 board fight, Ilya had already lost visible operating power. This announcement removes the remaining ambiguity. The post does not disclose Ilya’s next role, transition terms, or team changes. But choosing Jakub instead of a safety-policy figure says plenty about where OpenAI wants authority to sit.

Source: OpenAI News · openai.com
Published: May 15, 2024, 02:00 UTC+8 · May 15, 2024