Ilya Sutskever Named CEO of Superintelligence Startup After Meta Poaches Predecessor

A look at Meta's recent hires for its nascent superintelligence unit, including Pei Sun, who developed two generations of Waymo's perception models

Rachyl Jones / Semafor: A look at Meta's recent hires for its nascent superintelligence unit, including Pei Sun, who developed two generations of Waymo's perception models  —  Meta's new hires offer a glimpse into its nascent superintelligence unit, aimed at making the social media company's AI capabilities more competitive with industry leaders.

Ilya Sutskever Named CEO of Superintelligence Startup After Meta Poaches Predecessor

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever has been named CEO of his artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence. His predecessor, Daniel Gross, recently left, reportedly to join Meta’s new superintelligence division dedicated to building AI models that could surpass human capabilities.  Sutskever told his team that Gross’s work at Safe Superintelligence had been “winding down,” something they were already aware of, in a message he later posted…