Ilya Sutskever

The saga of OpenAI co-founder and former CEO Sam Altman triggered fallout at the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular ChatGPT tool and across the technology sector. OpenAI announced late Tuesday that it would bring back Altman as CEO and form a new board of directors. The announcement came four days after OpenAI’s previous board fired Altman and two days after Microsoft announced it would hire the ousted CEO to lead an AI division. Here’s what we know so far about the…

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Whatever you believe about the future of AI, there’s probably a cult out there for you. Ideological factions have been drawing lines for years and they each seem to bring pseudoreligious trappings with them. If you believe AI will inevitably kill everyone on the planet you might want to join the MIRI cult. If you believe that AI is dangerous but you and your close personal friends are the only people smart enough to control it, you might fit in with the Effective Altruist cult. And if…

Elon Musk tweeted a link to a strange letter Tuesday, supposedly written by former OpenAI employees detailing “a disturbing pattern of deceit and manipulation by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.” Altman and Brockman, OpenAI’s CEO and president, were fired and then rehired in a dramatic failed coup that played out over the last five days. The letter (reprinted below) describes secretive and abusive behavior which, on Altman’s part, was allegedly “motivated by his grudge against Elon following their falling out.”Did Elon Musk…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was pushed out by the company’s four-member board on Friday, leading to an employee revolt that jeopardizes the future of the artificial-intelligence leader. Here is what you need to know about the board: Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 OpenAI CEO Sam Altmanwas pushed out by the company’s four-member board on Friday, leading to an employee revolt that jeopardizes the future of the artificial-intelligence leader. Here is what you…

Last Friday, Ilya Sutskever sent a text message to his boss and fellow board member, Sam Altman. Could he jump on a video chat at noon Pacific time?On the call was the rest of OpenAI’s board, but it was Sutskever, the company’s chief scientist and co-founder, who delivered the news. Altman was fired, “and the news was going out very soon.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Last Friday, Ilya Sutskeversent a text message to his boss and fellow board…

It is day 5 of the OpenAI saga, and it is still delivering shocking twists and turns. When everyone thought Sam Altman, the ousted CEO of OpenAI, would join Microsoft and lead their AI division, CEO Satya Nadella gave cryptic interviews suggesting he wasn't sure where Altman would end up. Sprinkle in Ilya Sutskever's post expressing regret over participation in the board's actions and the threats of mass resignation from more than 500 employees of OpenAI, and you have a tale that will be remembered in Silicon Valley for…

Early on Monday morning, Microsoft hired Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team after he was ousted from his position at OpenAI last week. Within hours, OpenAI employees threatened to resign en masse with more than 500 out of 750 employees signing a letter demanding that the board resign and Altman be reinstated as CEO.I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future TechShockingly, one of the signatories of the open letter was board member Ilya Sutskever who led the ousting of Sam Altman. “I deeply regret my…

The Sam Altman-OpenAI-Microsoft saga is turning out to be one of the most dramatic ones to come out of the tech world. Just when it seemed that the entire situation was over with Altman and Greg Brockman joining Microsoft, Satya Nadella threw yet another curve ball. Appearing in interviews with CNBC and Bloomberg TV a few hours earlier, the Microsoft CEO hinted at the possibility that Altman may return to OpenAI, the home he was ousted from. The statements by Nadella only add fuel to the fire earlier started with Ilya…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and ChatGPT creator listens to Ilya Sutskever co-founder and Chief Scientist of OpenAI in Tel Aviv, in June.Sam Altman’s sacking as OpenAI’s CEO shook the tech world but things eventually started to become better for the co-founder of the company that made AI chatbots mainstream. saw the opportunity and brought him to lead a new advanced AI research team. But the remaining employees have now started to come forward to blame the board, especially Ilya Sutskever, for the turmoil at the company.…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the hiring of Sam Altman (File photo)Sam Altman, who was sacked from OpenAI, will now lead an AI research team at . Altman who was the chief executive of the company that made chatbots mainstream, will now lead the new group at the biggest backer of ChatGPT creator. This announcement was made by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in two different posts on X (formerly Twitter).“We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to…