OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is back after a rollercoaster of days since his removal. Now that he is back and reinstated, there’s a new report that seeks to shed light on one of the reasons why Sam Altman was removed by the board.
OpenAI researchers alert Board about AI breakthrough
A new Reuters report claims that several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors before CEO Sam Altman was fired. Staff researchers wrote to the board to warn them of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they believed could threaten humanity, as per the sources of the report.
This letter and the supposed AI algorithm are believed to be key developments before the board removed Altman, as per the sources. Sources of this report also claimed that the letter was one of the many complaints the board had with Altman. There were also concerns over committing to commercial objectives before understanding the implications of generative AI. It’s also key to note that Reuters did not review a copy of this letter, so the details of this letter have not been confirmed by the report.
OpenAI also reportedly sent an internal message to the staff about a project called Q* (pronounced Q-Star) and the letter that they had received. There are employees at OpenAI who believe that Q* could be a breakthrough for artificial general intelligence (AGI), said one of the sources of this report. The new model has the capability to solve some mathematical problems, claimed a source. At this moment, the math being accurately performed is grade-school level, but it shows promising signs for the model’s future, as per the report’s source.
