OpenAI Co-Founder, Ilya Sutskever, Launches AI Start-Up SSI to rival other AI startups

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A new company, Safe Superintelligence (SSI) Inc., has been founded by a globally renowned AI researchers, co-founder of OpenAI Ilya Sutskever.

Ilya Sutskever has left OpenAI for over a month and has now founded SSI.

Throughout this period, he was not in circulation until recently when he announced the establishment of SSI as a mission-driven organization dedicated to the development of safe superintelligence.

Sutskever co-founded SSI with former Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross and former OpenAI engineer Daniel Levy.

Working with Jan Leike, who co-led OpenAI’s Superalignment team, Sutskever was crucial to the company’s attempts to enhance AI safety in light of the development of “superintelligent” AI systems.

However, following a sharp disagreement with OpenAI leadership about how to handle AI safety, Sutskever and Leike both quit the business in May.

Unlike its rivals, SSI will not to pursue quick financial success as Sutskever told Bloomberg that the safe superintelligence itself will be the initial offering from SSI.

The business won’t focus on other goods or services until this objective is accomplished.

SSI claimed that it seeks to improve capabilities while maintaining the utmost safety by shielding itself from outside pressures and competitive rat races.

Sutskever’s new company states that: “SSI is our mission, our name, and our entire product roadmap because it is our sole focus. Our team, investors, and business model are all aligned to achieve SSI.

“We approach safety and capabilities in tandem, as technical problems to be solved through revolutionary engineering and scientific breakthroughs.

“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,” Sutskever stated on X.

SSI will have offices in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto for its operations.

Earlier report stated that OpenAI announced that retired Gen. Paul Nakasone, a former chief of the National Security Agency, will join the board of directors.