Ilya Sutskever, a Russian-Israeli-Canadian computer scientist, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, gave a speech at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023.
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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who left the AI startup last month, introduced his new AI company, which he calls Secure Super Intelligence (SSI).
“I’m starting a new company,” Sutskever wrote on X on Wednesday. “We will pursue safe superintelligence across the board with one focus, one goal, and one product.”
Sutskever is OpenAI’s chief scientist and co-leads the company’s Superalignment team with Jan Leike, who also left in May to join rival artificial intelligence company Anthropic.
OpenAI’s Superalignment team, which focused on guiding and controlling artificial intelligence systems, disbanded shortly after Sutskever and Leike announced their departures.
Sutskever will continue to focus on security issues at his new startup.
“SSI is our mission, our name and our entire product roadmap because it is our sole focus,” an SSI account posted on X. are distracted by cycles, and our business model means safety, security and progress are independent of short-term commercial pressures.
Sutskever founded the company with Daniel Gross, who oversees apple Daniel Levy, formerly of OpenAI, works on artificial intelligence and search. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California, and Tel Aviv.
Sutskever was one of the OpenAI board members who tried to oust Sam Altman in November. Altman clashed with Sutskever and other directors over the guardrails OpenAI has put in place in its pursuit of advanced artificial intelligence.
Before Altman was abruptly ousted and quickly reinstated, Suzkweil publicly apologized for his role in the ordeal.
Sutskever wrote in a Nov. 20 post on OpenAI is back together.
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