Ex-Google AI Chief's Startup Taps Google Cloud TPUs for Safe Superintelligence Quest
Summary
Ex-Google AI Chief Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence (SSI), backed by $1 billion, is tapping Google Cloud's powerful TPU chips in its quest to develop safe, superintelligent AI systems, marking another AI computing deal between Google and a former employee's startup.
Key Points
- Ilya Sutskever's new AI startup Safe Superintelligence (SSI) is using Google Cloud's TPU chips to power its AI research
- Google Cloud has struck computing deals with several AI startups founded by former Google employees, including SSI and World Labs
- SSI, backed by $1 billion in funding, aims to develop safe, superintelligent AI systems, which is its 'sole focus'