TECH - OpenAI Ex-Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Launches New Company A Month After Quitting ChatGPT-Parent: 'Superintelligence Is Within Reach' | Benzinga
On Wednesday, OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever announced his new AI venture, Safe Superintelligence Inc. or SSI just a month after resigning from ChatGPT-parent.
What Happened: Sutskever, who OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described as the “guiding light of our field” founded the new AI company with ex-Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross, who also led AI efforts at Apple Inc. and former OpenAI engineer Daniel Levy.
The former OpenAI chief scientist announced the move on X, formerly Twitter, saying, “We will pursue safe superintelligence in a straight shot, with one focus, one goal, and one product. We will do it through revolutionary breakthroughs produced by a small cracked team.”
I am starting a new company: https://t.co/BG3K3SI3A1 — Ilya Sutskever (@ilyasut) June 19, 2024
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