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Open Ai Appoints Jakub Pachocki As Chief Scientist, Succeeding Ilya Sutskever

RECENTLY ACQUIREDMay 15, 2024about 2 years ago

Position

Chief Scientist

Company

Cursor AI

Jakub Pachocki
San FranciscoArtificial IntelligenceVenture Capital FundVenture Capital FundVenture Capital Fundresearch

Description

Jakub Pachocki has been appointed as the new chief scientist of OpenAI, succeeding Ilya Sutskever. With this move, Pachocki will lead the company’s research efforts, focusing on scaling deep learning systems and driving progress in AI research.

Company Information

Company

Cursor AI

Location

3180 18th Street

San Francisco, California, United States

About

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization that aims to promote and develop friendly AI for the benefit of humanity. The organization conducts cutting-edge research in various AI fields and has created several highly regarded models, including the GPT series and others like o1, designed for complex reasoning tasks. OpenAI also works to ensure the safety and ethics of AI technologies.

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