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OpenAI announced on 29 December 2020 that he was leaving after nearly five years, and credited him with collaborating with the team to build GPT-2 and GPT-3 and with co-leading the direction of its research with Ilya Sutskever.

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December 29, 2020 ... Today we’re announcing that Dario Amodei, VP of Research, is leaving OpenAI after nearly five years with the company. Dario has made tremendous contributions to our research in that time, collaborating with the team to build GPT‑2 and GPT‑3, and working with Ilya Sutskever as co-leader in setting the direction for our research.

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Organizational update from OpenAI
OpenAI · 2020-12-29

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“OpenAI announced on 29 December 2020 that he was leaving after nearly five years, and credited him with collaborating with the team to build GPT-2 and GPT-3 and with co-leading the direction of its research with Ilya Sutskever.” ai notis, checked 13 Oct 2026. Source: Organizational update from OpenAI (OpenAI). https://ainotis.com/c/1340

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ai notis. (2026, October 13). OpenAI announced on 29 December 2020 that he was leaving after nearly five years, and credited him with collaborating with the team to build GPT-2 and GPT-3 and with co-leading the direction of its research with Ilya Sutskever [Checked claim 1340]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1340

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