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OpenAI Co-Founder Who Helped Lead Coup Against Altman Is Officially Leaving

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Sam Altman, the target of the coup, paid tribute to his departing “dear friend.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

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Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who led an attempt to oust CEO Sam Altman, is now leaving the company.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

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