OpenAI Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever Launches Rival AI Start-Up
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Co-Founder, Ilya Sutskever Launches Rival AI StartupStart-Up
The Facts
Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder and former chief scientist at ChatGPT maker OpenAI, has announced that he is founding a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup, dubbed Safe Superintelligence.
In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the company said their "sole focus" is on creating AI that has greater intellectual capacities than human beings, known as superintelligence, focusing on "safety, security, and progress."Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and its former chief scientist, has announced that he is founding a new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, dubbed Safe Superintelligence.
The Spin
Given that OpenAI possesses some of the most powerful AI tools available, the fact that so many insiders have jumped ship over safety concerns should give every one of us pause. OpenAI has also dismantledreplaced many safety teams and replaced them with ineffective, rubber-stamp committees. It's is apparent that AI is developing at breakneck speed and that we needmust to think long and hard about keeping us safe from it.
No one has better insight into AI safety than the industry leader in AI. BeingAs the first company to launch mass-market AI products, theyOpenAI havehas had the time and experience required to fine-tune theirits products and keep up with concerns in the real world. Instead of focusing on sci-fi dreams of a hypothetical superintelligent system, OpenAI remains committed to keeping us safe in the real world.
