Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Co-Founder Who Helped Oust Sam Altman, Starts His Own Company NYT: Technology Cade Metz 19 June 2024 at 20:24 Ilya Sutskever’s new start-up, Safe Superintelligence, aims to build A.I. technologies that are smarter than a human but not dangerous. © Jim Wilson/The New York TimesLast year, Ilya Sutskever helped create what was called a Superalignment team inside OpenAI that aimed to ensure that A.I. technologies would not do harm.
A Conversation With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, and an OpenAI Whistle-Blower Speaks Out NYT: Technology Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Diane Wong, Pat McCusker and Marion Lozano 7 June 2024 at 05:35 It turns out A.I. is surprisingly Canadian. © Photo Illustration by The New York Times
OpenAI Whistle-Blowers Describe Reckless and Secretive Culture NYT: Technology Kevin Roose 4 June 2024 at 15:14 A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers. © Jason Andrew for The New York TimesDaniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher in OpenAI’s governance division, is an organizer of a group of former and current employees who say the company has a reckless culture.
OpenAI’s Flirty New Assistant, Google Guts the Web and We Play HatGPT NYT: Technology Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Isaac Jones, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Rowan Niemisto 17 May 2024 at 05:04 It’s been a week of A.I. vertigo — the feeling that we’ve been dragged five years into the future and aren’t sure what to do about it. © Photo Illustration by The New York Times
OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Ilya Sutskever, Is Leaving the Company NYT: Technology Cade Metz 14 May 2024 at 21:39 In November, Ilya Sutskever joined three other OpenAI board members to force out Sam Altman, the chief executive, before saying he regretted the move. © Jim Wilson/The New York TimesIlya Sutskever, who contributed to breakthrough research in artificial intelligence, brought instant credibility to OpenAI.