{"id":1831,"date":"2026-09-20T21:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouaggad.com\/blog\/?post_type=ai_person&#038;p=1831"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:38:27","slug":"ilya-sutskever","status":"publish","type":"ai_person","link":"https:\/\/ouaggad.com\/blog\/en\/ai\/people\/ilya-sutskever\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilya Sutskever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ilya Sutskever is a deep-learning researcher who co-founded <bdi>OpenAI<\/bdi> in 2015 and served as its Chief Scientist before leaving in May 2024. He later co-founded <bdi>Safe Superintelligence<\/bdi>, a company focused on developing safe superintelligence.<\/p>\n<h2>Research career<\/h2>\n<p>Sutskever contributed to influential work on large neural networks and deep learning before and during his time at OpenAI.<\/p>\n<h2>Role at OpenAI<\/h2>\n<p>He was a founding member and led part of the company\u2019s scientific research. He later co-led the <bdi>Superalignment<\/bdi> team, which focused on controlling systems that could exceed human capabilities. He left in May 2024 and should not be described as a current OpenAI executive.<\/p>\n<h2>Safe Superintelligence<\/h2>\n<p>The new company says its single goal is to build safe superintelligence and that it intends to advance capabilities and safety together without short product-cycle pressure. This is a stated mission, not a technical result that has already been demonstrated.<\/p>\n<h2>Controversies and public debate<\/h2>\n<p>Sutskever was a member of the OpenAI board that voted to remove Sam Altman in November 2023. He later said he regretted participating in the board\u2019s action and supported Altman\u2019s return. The full internal record has not been made public, so undocumented motives should not be asserted and responsibility should not be assigned to him alone for a board decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sourced profile of Ilya Sutskever, the deep-learning researcher who co-founded OpenAI and Safe Superintelligence, including his ideas and role in OpenAI\u2019s 2023 leadership crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1914,"template":"","ai_topic":[424,396,412,410,398],"class_list":["post-1831","ai_person","type-ai_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ai_topic-ai-safety","ai_topic-artificial-intelligence","ai_topic-generative-ai-en","ai_topic-large-language-models","ai_topic-machine-learning"],"ai_facts":{"official_name":"Ilya Sutskever","short_definition":"A deep-learning researcher who co-founded OpenAI and Safe Superintelligence and formerly served as OpenAI\u2019s Chief 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