{"id":47278,"date":"2024-01-18T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=47278"},"modified":"2024-01-18T22:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:00:03","slug":"sam-altman-is-unsure-if-ilya-sutskever-is-still-working-at-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/sam-altman-is-unsure-if-ilya-sutskever-is-still-working-at-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman Is Unsure If Ilya Sutskever Is Still Working At OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sam Altman had triumphantly returned as OpenAI CEO after being forced out by the board, but it&#8217;s likely that one of the key figures behind his ouster might no longer be actively involved with the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Altman has said that he&#8217;s unsure if OpenAI&#8217;s chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is still working at OpenAI. &#8220;When you returned, you said you were hopeful that you would find a good role for Ilya, and that things would continue. Have you found that role?&#8221; Altman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QFXp_TU-bO8&amp;t=1s&amp;ab_channel=Axios\">asked<\/a> at the World Economic Forum Conference in Davos. &#8220;No update yet,&#8221; Altman replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hero-image.fill_.size_1248x702.v1700487808-1024x576.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hero-image.fill_.size_1248x702.v1700487808.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hero-image.fill_.size_1248x702.v1700487808.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hero-image.fill_.size_1248x702.v1700487808.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hero-image.fill_.size_1248x702.v1700487808.jpg?w=1248&amp;ssl=1 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked if Ilya Sutskever was still working with OpenAI, Altman didn&#8217;t have a definitive answer. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what the exact status of that is,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I love Ilya. I think Ilya is like an unbelievable person and researcher. It&#8217;s obviously a traumatic event to go through, but I&#8217;m very hopeful. I care about him a great deal,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilya Sutskever had allegedly been at the forefront of the failed coup that had <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/openai-asks-ceo-sam-altman-to-leave-company-president-greg-brockman-too-resigns-in-response\/\">ousted<\/a> Sam Altman from OpenAI. \u201cSam got a text from (OpenAI Chief Scientist) Ilya Sutskever asking to talk at noon Friday. Sam joined a Google Meet and the whole board, except Greg, was there. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon,\u201d OpenAI President Greg Brockman had <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/openai-president-reveals-how-he-and-sam-altman-were-fired-by-the-openai-board\/\">said<\/a> about how Altman was removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt 12:19pm, Greg got a text from Ilya asking for a quick call. At 12:23pm, Ilya sent a Google Meet link. Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired. Around the same time, OpenAI published a blog post. As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior,\u201d he had added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coup had initially appeared to work, with Sam Altman being <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/openai-asks-ceo-sam-altman-to-leave-company-president-greg-brockman-too-resigns-in-response\/\">removed <\/a>as OpenAI CEO, and Emmett Shear being <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/openai-board-hires-emmet-shear-as-new-interim-ceo-of-openai\/\">instated <\/a>in his place. But this had led to an employee mutiny, with hundreds of OpenAI employees pledging support to Sam, and threatening to quit if he were removed. Interestigly, as the movement gained momentum, Ilya Sutskever himself had <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/490-of-700-openai-employees-including-ilya-sutskever-write-letter-asking-board-to-resign\/\">joined<\/a> a signature campaign asking for Sam&#8217;s reinstatement. After more drama in which Sam Altman and Greg Brockman had <a href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/sam-altman-greg-brockman-join-microsoft-after-being-ousted-openai\/\">joined <\/a>Microsoft, they were eventually brought back to OpenAI, and Altman was restored as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this appears to have made things difficult for Ilya Sutskever, who had appeared to lead the coup which had caused Altman&#8217;s ouster. Sutskever had also not been present at the OpenAI party celebrating Sam Altman&#8217;s return. 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