CUDA legend Scott Gray leaves OpenAI
机器之心 · wechat · 2026-08-17
Scott Gray, a core OpenAI engineer known as the "God of CUDA kernels," has left the company after ten years. He updated his bio to "Former" and indicated he will explore neuroscience-inspired AI methods. Gray contributed to sparse transformers, GPT-3, and scaling laws. His departure is part of a broader trend of high-level exits from OpenAI this year.
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