Elon Musk made a prediction about the reason why Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI. The billionaire businessman, who says he is worried, thinks OpenAI may have made a dangerous artificial intelligence discovery.
The events that took place at OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, in the past weeks were on the agenda of the entire technology world. The company’s board of directors fired CEO and co-founder Sam Altman on November 17. Following the reactions and the dissatisfaction of employees and investors with this situation, Altman returned to his job on November 22. After this, the board of directors was reshaped.
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Even though nearly two weeks have passed since these events, Sam Altman’s why you were fired There is still no definitive information about it. There was no statement from OpenAI or Altman on this matter. However, there were some claims circulating in the industry. Now, a prediction on this subject came from Elon Musk.
OpenAI may have made a dangerous artificial intelligence discovery, which may have caused Sam Altman to be fired, according to Elon Musk
Musk, who recently founded his own company called xAI and released the Grok chat bot, had an interview with famous Journalist Andrew Sorkin at the DealBook Summit yesterday. During this interview, he also touched on the drama going on at OpenAI. The billionaire businessman stated that he did not have any inside information about the events, but that he was anxious He stated that it was.
Musk, OpenAI manager in his statement To Ilya Sutskever he pointed out and said he wondered why she wanted to fire Altman so badly. Sutskever, a key figure at OpenAI, was one of the board members who voted to fire Altman. However, he later took a step back on this issue and said that this move was not correct.
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Musk continued by saying that he was worried and stated that OpenAI may have made a dangerous discovery and that Altman may have been fired for this reason: “I want to know why Ilya Sutskever wants to fight Sam so badly. This looks like something serious. I think it’s not unimportant. YI’m worried they’ve made a dangerous discovery about artificial intelligence..”
This statement is entirely Musk’s guess. As far as we understand, it is not based on any source. However, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard such a claim about Altman’s firing. Last week, Reuters’ sources similarly said that OpenAI may have made a discovery that could pose a danger to humanity.
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Microsoft denies these claims
While these claims continue to circulate, it should be noted that a statement came from Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor. Speaking to the BBC, Microsoft President Brad Smith stated that the Sam Altman-OpenAI events that shook the industry had nothing to do with such concerns and that this was not the reason for the CEO’s firing.