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OpenAI Co-Founder Launches Safe Superintelligence Venture Amid Safety Concerns‌OpenAI Cofounder Starts New Firm Dedicated To Safe AI‌

Ilya Sutskever's new firm, SSI, aims to develop AI technology prioritizing safety and ethics, following his exit from OpenAI.‌ After trying to oust OpenAI’s CEO due to safety concerns, Ilya Sutskever cofounds Safe Superintelligence (SSI) firm based in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto. ‌

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Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI after mutinying against Sam Altman—now he’s launching his own startup for safe AI

A star in the field, Sutskever left his former employer in May hinting he wasn't leaving AI research. His departure came almost six months to the day since he joined board directors in sacking Altman.

Fortune

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist starts new AI firm with a keen focus on building safe superintelligence over its rival's priority on 'shiny products'

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever is starting a new company dubbed Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), focusing on building safe superintelligence, which remains a critical issue in the new age of AI.

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'The world isn’t ready, and we aren’t ready. And I’m concerned we are rushing forward regardless and rationalizing our actions': OpenAI employees sound the alarm ahead of Apple partnership

Apple is expected to announce a partnership with OpenAI next week at WWDC, but former OpenAI employees are raising the alarm. Could controversy at OpenAI derail Apple's AI ambitions?

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A timeline of OpenAI controversy: November 2023 to May 2024

Is Altman taking too many risks in his pursuit of artificial general intelligence? The answer lies in Altman's past, from leading a victorious coup to trading blows with a Hollywood A-lister.

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OpenAI rolls out a new safety team just days after dissolving its old one

CEO Sam Altman will lead the team.

Fortune

OpenAI announces new safety committee and successor to GPT-4

This new committee will make critical security decisions for all OpenAI projects, company says.

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OpenAI’s week of chaos has reopened a festering wound at the $80 billion startup that was supposed to have healed

The departures and scandals at OpenAI reveal a company that suddenly appears to be on the brink of civil war as it grapples with a crisis over leadership and direction.

Fortune

OpenAI drama eclipses Microsoft AI product announcements

Controversy over whether OpenAI deliberately mimicked Scarlett Johansson's voice for its AI assistant has overshadowed Microsoft's AI product announcements

Fortune

OpenAI promised 20% of its computing power to combat the most dangerous kind of AI—but never delivered, sources say

The company's "Superalignment team" repeatedly had its requests for computing power rejected, sources say.

Fortune

TechScape: The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building

The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building. Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher

Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI Team Devoted To Future Risks Left Leaderless

An OpenAI team devoted to mitigating the long-term dangers of super-smart computers was leaderless on Friday after two high-profile figures left the company.

International Business Times

A former OpenAI leader says safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the AI company

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said on Friday that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company

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Fortune

Top OpenAI researcher resigns, saying company prioritized 'shiny products' over AI safety

He said he had been "disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company’s core priorities for quite some time, until we reached a breaking point.”

Windows Central

Sam Altman named "a genius master-class strategist" as OpenAI deals with Apple and iPhone outside of its Microsoft partnership

Sam Altman has reportedly negotiated a new deal with Apple to bring ChatGPT to the iPhone. OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft grants it access to infinite computing and forever customers.

Dynamite News

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces exit from company that makes ChatGPT

Microsoft-backed OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is exiting the US-based Artificial Intelligence company, its Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman announced. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever Announces Departure

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announced his departure Tuesday from the startup that ignited an artificial intelligence tech race with its release of ChatGPT. Sutskever said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was leaving after almost a decade at OpenAI, whose "trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."

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The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk v OpenAI: tech giants are inciting existential fears to evade scrutiny

Moguls extol the fruits of artificial intelligence, but seek to hide its science from public view

The Guardian - US

The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman – explained

When OpenAI launched, Sam Altman touted his close relationship with Tesla’s CEO. A decade later, they’re at each other’s throats

The Guardian - US

OpenAI reinstates CEO Sam Altman to board after firing and rehiring

Altman ‘pleased’ investigation over, saying he could have handled dispute with former board member ‘with more grace and care’

Top News

Openai CEO Ousted Amidst Internal Turmoil And Allegations

The dramatic ouster and reinstatement of Sam Altman as OpenAI's CEO spark intrigue and uncertainty in the tech industry.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's Bold Advice to OpenAI: Raise £0.78 Billion, See Tesla as Cash Cow

Countering Elon Musk's lawsuit, OpenAI has shared emails showing the billionaire urged for funding and limited transparency.

PC Gamer

OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk lawsuit with 'facts' showing he 'told us we would fail, started a competitor, and then sued us when we started making meaningful progress'

"We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims."

WEKU

Elon Musk sues OpenAI for choosing profits over 'the benefit of humanity'

A former co-chair of OpenAI, Musk says he invested millions in the AI lab on "false promises" that it would be nonprofit and open-source. OpenAI is now backed by Microsoft.

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