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Former OpenAI co-founder raises $1 billion for safety-focused firm while the ChatGPT maker prioritizes shiny products and is on the cusp of bankruptcy

Former OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever recently raised $1 billion through investors for his new AI firm, Safe Superintelligence Inc., to further its safety-focused advances.

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Exclusive: Laravel, an open source startup in Arkansas founded by Taylor Otwell, raises $57 million Series A from Accel

Laravel, a PHP-based open source framework, has raised $57 million in Series A funding from Accel, Fortune can exclusively report.

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OpenAI is suffering an exodus of senior talent

The newest departures leave OpenAI with only three of its 11 original cofounders.

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OpenAI Co-founder John Schulman Departs To Join Amazon-backed Anthropic

His departure follows OpenAI's recent dissolution of its superalignment team, a group dedicated to ensuring human control over advanced AI systems.

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Sam Altman might be one of the last original founders remaining at OpenAI as another departs to focus on AI alignment at a rival firm

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is going on sabbatical leave through the end of the year, while researcher John Schulman is leaving to join OpenAI competitor, Anthropic.

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A year ago today, OpenAI launched a bold four-year plan that didn't even last a year

A four-year plan to boldly go where no AI had been before, now consigned to history

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OpenAI Co-Founder Launches Safe Superintelligence Venture Amid Safety Concerns‌OpenAI Cofounder Starts New Firm Dedicated To Safe AI‌

Ilya Sutskever's new firm, SSI, aims to develop AI technology prioritizing safety and ethics, following his exit from OpenAI.‌ After trying to oust OpenAI’s CEO due to safety concerns, Ilya Sutskever cofounds Safe Superintelligence (SSI) firm based in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto. ‌

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Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI after mutinying against Sam Altman—now he’s launching his own startup for safe AI

A star in the field, Sutskever left his former employer in May hinting he wasn't leaving AI research. His departure came almost six months to the day since he joined board directors in sacking Altman.

Fortune

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist starts new AI firm with a keen focus on building safe superintelligence over its rival's priority on 'shiny products'

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever is starting a new company dubbed Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), focusing on building safe superintelligence, which remains a critical issue in the new age of AI.

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'The world isn’t ready, and we aren’t ready. And I’m concerned we are rushing forward regardless and rationalizing our actions': OpenAI employees sound the alarm ahead of Apple partnership

Apple is expected to announce a partnership with OpenAI next week at WWDC, but former OpenAI employees are raising the alarm. Could controversy at OpenAI derail Apple's AI ambitions?

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A timeline of OpenAI controversy: November 2023 to May 2024

Is Altman taking too many risks in his pursuit of artificial general intelligence? The answer lies in Altman's past, from leading a victorious coup to trading blows with a Hollywood A-lister.

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OpenAI rolls out a new safety team just days after dissolving its old one

CEO Sam Altman will lead the team.

Fortune

OpenAI announces new safety committee and successor to GPT-4

This new committee will make critical security decisions for all OpenAI projects, company says.

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OpenAI’s week of chaos has reopened a festering wound at the $80 billion startup that was supposed to have healed

The departures and scandals at OpenAI reveal a company that suddenly appears to be on the brink of civil war as it grapples with a crisis over leadership and direction.

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OpenAI drama eclipses Microsoft AI product announcements

Controversy over whether OpenAI deliberately mimicked Scarlett Johansson's voice for its AI assistant has overshadowed Microsoft's AI product announcements

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OpenAI promised 20% of its computing power to combat the most dangerous kind of AI—but never delivered, sources say

The company's "Superalignment team" repeatedly had its requests for computing power rejected, sources say.

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TechScape: The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building

The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building. Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet

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OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher

Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o

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International Business Times

OpenAI Team Devoted To Future Risks Left Leaderless

An OpenAI team devoted to mitigating the long-term dangers of super-smart computers was leaderless on Friday after two high-profile figures left the company.

The Independent UK

A former OpenAI leader says safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the AI company

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said on Friday that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company

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Top OpenAI researcher resigns, saying company prioritized 'shiny products' over AI safety

He said he had been "disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company’s core priorities for quite some time, until we reached a breaking point.”

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Sam Altman named "a genius master-class strategist" as OpenAI deals with Apple and iPhone outside of its Microsoft partnership

Sam Altman has reportedly negotiated a new deal with Apple to bring ChatGPT to the iPhone. OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft grants it access to infinite computing and forever customers.

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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces exit from company that makes ChatGPT

Microsoft-backed OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is exiting the US-based Artificial Intelligence company, its Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman announced. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever Announces Departure

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announced his departure Tuesday from the startup that ignited an artificial intelligence tech race with its release of ChatGPT. Sutskever said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was leaving after almost a decade at OpenAI, whose "trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk v OpenAI: tech giants are inciting existential fears to evade scrutiny

Moguls extol the fruits of artificial intelligence, but seek to hide its science from public view

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