OpenAI's CEO departure raises concerns over AGI development

OpenAI has chosen not to disclose the reason for the CEO's dismissal, but according to Reuters, the move comes after a letter regarding "superintelligent" AI was sent to the board of directors. On November 23, CTO Mira Murati, initially designated to replace CEO Sam Altman, informed her staff that

Q*, an artificial general intelligence (AGI) developed by OpenAI in parallel with ChatGPT, is at the center of this development. As per the company's definition, AGI is

On social media platform X on November 20, Elon Musk also cast doubts on whether OpenAI was developing a potentially dangerous technology. He speculated that this might be the reason why Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's Chief Scientist, sought to oust Altman. Musk expressed concern, stating, "I am very concerned. Ilya is ethical and not power-hungry. He wouldn't act so decisively unless necessary. The world needs to know if OpenAI possesses something dangerous to humanity."

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a confidential letter

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a superintelligent system surpassing human intelligence

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