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- OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever is leaving the company, he said Tuesday on X.
- The chief scientist played a key role in the failed ouster of CEO Sam Altman last year, reports said.
- Sutskever said in his announcement he is confident OpenAI will build "safe" technology.
OpenAI cofounder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is stepping away from the company after almost a decade, he said Tuesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Sutskever said he is "confident" that the company will continue to build technology that is "both safe and beneficial."