OpenAI’s Advanced AI Model Raises Concerns Amid CEO Shake-Up

OpenAI continues to make headlines in the media and tech circles, especially with Sam Altman’s return as its CEO. However, new details have emerged about what was happening before the resignation and the controversy that surrounded it.

Reports now indicate that the artificial intelligence company was working on an exceptionally powerful advanced model, Q*, to the extent that it raised concerns among employees.

The new Q* model raised safety concerns, with workers expressing their apprehensions to the board before the CEO’s dismissal, according to The Guardian.

OpenAI was reportedly developing an advanced system before Altman’s dismissal, one that was so powerful it caused safety concerns among the company’s employees.

The artificial intelligence model, named Q*, or “Q-Star,” was capable of solving fundamental mathematical problems like never before. Some researchers within OpenAI raised alarms to the board before Altman’s dismissal, warning that it could pose a threat to humanity.

The pace of development behind the Q* system raised safety concerns among some safety researchers, with the ability to solve mathematical problems seen as a significant milestone in artificial intelligence.

These reports come just days after upheavals at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters. The board initially fired Altman on the previous Friday but reinstated him to his position on Tuesday evening after he threatened all of the company’s approximately 750 employees with resignation if not reinstated.

Altman also gained support from OpenAI’s largest investors, Microsoft.

Many experts are growing concerned that companies like OpenAI are moving too rapidly toward developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a system capable of performing a wide range of tasks at or beyond human intelligence levels – theoretically capable of evading human control.

OpenAI was initially founded as a non-profit project with a governing board overseeing a for-profit subsidiary managed by Altman, with Microsoft being the largest investor in the for-profit business.

As part of the preliminary agreement for Altman’s return, OpenAI will have a new board chaired by Bret Taylor, former co-CEO of Salesforce.