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Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee

Former head of the National Security Agency, retired Gen. Paul Nakasone, will join OpenAI’s board of directors, the AI company announced Thursday afternoon. He will also sit on the board’s “security and safety” subcommittee. The high-profile addition is likely intended to satisfy critics who think that OpenAI is moving faster than is wise for its […]

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Paul Graham claims Sam Altman wasn’t fired from Y Combinator

In a series of posts on X on Thursday, Paul Graham, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator, brushed off claims that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was pressured to resign as president of Y Combinator in 2019 due to potential conflicts of interest. “People have been claiming [Y Combinator] fired Sam Altman,” Graham writes. “That’s

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OpenAI’s new safety committee is made up of all insiders

In light of criticism over its approach to AI safety, OpenAI has formed a new committee to oversee “critical” safety and security decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. But, in a move that’s sure to raise the ire of ethicists, OpenAI’s chosen to staff the committee with company insiders — including Sam Altman,

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OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI — then let it wither, source says

OpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems, was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were often denied, blocking the team from doing their work. That issue, among others, pushed several team members

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OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI —then let it wither, source says

OpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems, was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were often denied, blocking the team from doing their work. That issue, among others, pushed several team members

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