When former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever left the company in May, everyone wanted to know why.
In fact, the recent internal turmoil at OpenAI and the brief lawsuit initiated by early OpenAI backer Elon Musk were enough to arouse the suspicion of the Internet hive. with the “What did Elijah see” memereferring to the theory that Sutskever sees something worrisome in the way CEO Sam Altman is leading OpenAI.
Now, Sutskever has launched a new company, which may hint at why he left OpenAI at the height of its power. On Wednesday, Sutskover tweeted that he was starting a company called “Secure Super Intelligence.”
“We will pursue secure superintelligence across the board with one focus, one purpose, and one product. We will do it through revolutionary breakthroughs from a small team,” Suzkowir wrote.
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The company’s website is currently just a text message signed by Sutskever and co-founders Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy (Gross is the co-founder of the search engine Cue, which was acquired by Apple in 2013, while Levy runs the operations optimization team). intelligent). The message reiterates that security is a critical component in building artificial intelligence.
“We view safety and capabilities as technology problems that need to be solved through revolutionary engineering and scientific breakthroughs. We plan to improve capabilities as quickly as possible while ensuring our safety remains ahead of the curve,” the message reads. “Our focus means not will be distracted by overhead or product cycles, and our business model means safety, security and progress are not compromised by short-term commercial pressures.”
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Although Sutskever has never publicly explained the reasons for his departure from OpenAI, instead praising the company’s “miraculous” trajectory, it’s worth noting that safety is at the core of his new artificial intelligence products. Musk and several others have warned that OpenAI is reckless in building AGI (artificial general intelligence), and the departure of Sutskever and others on the OpenAI security team suggests that the company may be lax in ensuring that AGI is built. Methods. Musk also expressed dissatisfaction with Microsoft’s involvement in OpenAI, claiming that the company has transformed from a non-profit organization into a “de facto closed-source subsidiary” of Microsoft.
In an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday, Sutskover and his co-founders did not name any backers, but Gross said raising money would not be an issue for the startup. It’s unclear whether SSI’s work will be released as open source.
