The reason for Sam Altman’s firing may have been revealed

One of the important names in the world of artificial intelligence OpenAI, has been on the agenda for the last few days with the issue of Sam Altman’s sudden firing and his return to the company by any means necessary. In fact, what happened is officially behind us, but echoes continues.

The latest news helps us make some guesses as to why exactly Sam Altman was fired. The board of directors made a statement on the matter trust Even though he put forward the excuse, a report published by Reuters news, revealed that the truth of the matter could be very different. Accordingly, OpenAI is currently very big is working on an artificial intelligence model.

The main issue that led to Sam Altman’s firing may have been the artificial intelligence model called “Q*”

According to sources, a group of artificial intelligence researchers working within OpenAI made a statement to the board of directors before the events broke out. wrote a letter. In this letter, there was also information that a new artificial intelligence model was being worked on. Now “Q*The model, referred to as “, focused on solving simple mathematical problems.

But Q* wasn’t just about that. According to the employees who wrote the letter, the new model is actually a artificial general intelligence (AGI) and even had the potential to threaten humanity. Yes, the GPT model, which focuses on verbal data, was successful in making predictions, but when it comes to math things were changing. Because industry sources say that artificial intelligence’s ability to think mathematically is due to algorithms.will humanize” they believe. Scientists fear that artificial intelligence technologies with mathematical thinking ability may make decisions on their own.

Allegedly, Sam Altman did not inform the board of directors about Q*!

Here’s what he said to Reuters: anonymous sources According to their claims, this is exactly the reason why Sam Altman was fired from the company. Sam Altman and his team did not notify the board of directors of their discovery of a potentially risky artificial intelligence model, according to the statements in the letter. When this situation was learned, Sam Altman was reacted and, so to speak, CEO coup done. However, Sam Altman managed to repel the coup and return to the company.

However…

who want to investigate the incident The Verge Reuters sources say backwards has come across an answer. Interviewing sources familiar with the matter, The Verge received the following response from the source in question: “The board has never received such a letter about such an AI model. The company’s work on artificial intelligence never led to Sam Altman being fired. didn’t cause.“