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Vishal Narayan

Ilya Sutskever starts AI lab to build 'safe superintelligence'



Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has embarked on a new AI project and named it Safe Superintelligence, or SSI, with an aim to "scale in peace."


Announcing the AI lab in a post on X, Sutskever, who was removed from the OpenAI board after a tumultuous sacking and equally swift return of CEO Sam Altman, claimed that "Superintelligence is within reach."


"We have started the world’s first straight-shot SSI lab, with one goal and one product: a safe superintelligence," the company said on its website in a statement. 


"Our singular focus means no distraction by management overhead or product cycles, and our business model means safety, security, and progress are all insulated from short-term commercial pressures.