Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research
Safe Superintelligence, founded by Ilya Sutskever, has partnered with Nvidia to access its Vera Rubin GPU platform, aiming to boost its computational resources significantly. The collaboration, involving an undisclosed investment, supports SSI’s research on developing a safe, aligned superintelligence, focusing on foundational research in alignment and true general reasoning. SSI’s partnership with Nvidia reflects its commitment to long-term AI research and addressing concerns about AI alignment, following its previous period of stealth.
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