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Safe Superintelligence

Just a month after his spicy exit from OpenAI, Ilya's already moved on to his next thing - Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI for short).

Ilya and his co-founders, Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy, believe that Superintelligence is within reach and that developing safe Superintelligence is "the most important technical problem of our time."

They are taking a unique approach by tackling safety and capabilities in parallel, treating them as "technical problems to be solved through revolutionary engineering and scientific breakthroughs."

And they didn't hold back on OpenAI, boasting that their singular focus means no distractions from management headaches or product cycles, and their business model shields safety, security, and progress from short-term commercial pressures.

Of course, SSI is gambling big on hitting breakthroughs to compete with larger rivals who have a head start. And let's be real – it's not even clear if their end goal is achievable. But Ilya has spent years contemplating AI safety, and he's got some initial thoughts on what "safe superintelligence" actually means.

For starters, he says it should avoid harming humanity on a large scale (yep, the bar is that low). Beyond that, SSI wants it to be a "force for good" based on values like liberty, democracy, and freedom that have worked well for liberal democracies.

No word yet on how they'll bake that into the tech, but hey, they're working on it.

So will Ilya's second act live up to the hype? Only time (and a ton of computing power) will tell.

But one thing's for sure – the race to Superintelligence just got a little more interesting, and a lot more shady.

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TECH

• Elon to launch “X Payments” this year.

• YouTube’s cracking down the VPN hacks.

• US government sues Adobe, alleging hidden fees and complex processes.

• Apple pulls the plug on Apple Pay Later after just a year.

AI

• Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

• OpenAI shuts down AI running for mayor in Wyoming.

• Apple and Meta might team up on AI.

• OpenAI acquired Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup.

SCIENCE

• New genetic discovery sheds light on why some people are prone to obesity.

• This new deep learning pipeline can potentially help in drug discovery.

• Green hydrogen does not always lead to CO2 gains.

• US heat waves are hitting early this year.

CRYPTO

• Markets take a hit as Bitcoin and Altcoins hit monthly lows.

• Light Protocol and Helius Labs shake up Solana with ZK Compression.

• Metaplanet plans to buy $6.3M worth Bitcoin through bond issuance.

• FBI indicts members of FIN9 cyber gang for $71M hacking spree.

🏃‍♀️ QUICKIES

Raise: Factory.ai, an AI startup bringing autonomy to software engineering, raised $15M in series A funding round.

Stat: $15M. That's how much Snapchat will pay to settle a discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by California's civil rights agency.

Rabbit Hole: You can either buy attention or earn it (David Heinemeier Hansson)

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