Researcher · Executive
Bill Peebles
Current role not listed
Peebles co-invented the diffusion transformer, an architecture that became central to modern AI video generation. He joined OpenAI in 2023 and built and led Sora, its text-to-video system, before announcing his departure in April 2026.
Career & education
OpenAI
Adobe
MetaEducation
MIT
UC BerkeleyWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations10,373As of Jun 15, '26
citations+4,638Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
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