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Sutskever leaves OpenAI and is replaced as chief scientist

OpenAI announced that Ilya Sutskever was leaving and that Jakub Pachocki would become chief scientist. Days later the Superalignment team Sutskever had co-led was reported disbanded, reducing a dedicated advanced-AI safety structure at the lab.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM25confidence 70/100

Why it moved the index

The departure was a completed personnel change followed by loss of a dedicated superalignment unit. The score reflects the operational consequence and does not infer Sutskever's motive.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 25 · confidence 70

    Historical activity backfill adds Sutskever's dated departure and its verified safety-capacity consequence without inferring motive.

    14 Aug 2026
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  1. DoomBench assesses “Sutskever leaves OpenAI and is replaced as chief scientist” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 25 and confidence 70 out of 100 in the safety and alignment category.

  2. The DoomBench assessment of “Sutskever leaves OpenAI and is replaced as chief scientist” is based on reporting from OpenAI and records the editorial rationale, source quality, attribution, and revision history.

  3. DoomBench summarizes “Sutskever leaves OpenAI and is replaced as chief scientist” as follows: OpenAI announced that Ilya Sutskever was leaving and that Jakub Pachocki would become chief scientist. Days later the Superalignment team...

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