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OpenAI cofounder raises $1 billion for his OpenAI rival.

OpenAI’s ex-chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who left not long after attempting to oust fellow co-founder Sam Altman, has now raised $1 billion for his competing lab, Safe Superintelligence (SSI). Backers include a16z, which has opposed California’s AI safety bill, and OpenAI investor Sequoia.

SSI’s CEO tells Reuters there’s no product yet, and there likely won’t be one for a few years.

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