Jakub Pachocki

Organization
OpenAI

Position
Chief Scientist, OpenAI

🇵🇱Polish

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Intelligence Briefing

Chief Scientist at OpenAI since May 2024, replacing Ilya Sutskever. Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI (2025). At OpenAI since 2017, previously served as Director of Research where he spearheaded GPT-4 and OpenAI Five. Key architect of OpenAI's reasoning models (o1, o3), which achieved gold-medal-level results on the International Math Olympiad in 2025. Sets research priorities with scientific rigor and principled skepticism. PhD under Gary Miller at CMU in theoretical computer science.

Expertise

Deep LearningReinforcement LearningTheoretical Computer ScienceReasoning ModelsFrontier Research Leader

Education

BS, Computer Science — University of Warsaw

PhD, Theoretical Computer Science — Carnegie Mellon University

Operational History

2025

TIME 100 Most Influential People

Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI.

award

2025

Gold Medal at International Math Olympiad

OpenAI's reasoning models (o1, o3) achieved gold-medal-level results.

research

2024

Chief Scientist

Became Chief Scientist at OpenAI, succeeding Ilya Sutskever.

career

2021

Director of Research

Promoted to Director of Research at OpenAI.

career

2017

Joined OpenAI

Started as a Research Scientist at OpenAI.

career

AGI Position Assessment

Risk Level

LOW

MODERATE

HIGH

CRITICAL

Predicted AGI Timeline

Unknown

Supports safety-focused research. Believes AI models are capable of novel research and emphasizes the importance of understanding model capabilities and limitations.

Safety Approach

Supports safety-focused research. Believes AI models are capable of novel research and emphasizes the importance of understanding model capabilities and limitations.