OpenAI board was concerned a new Q* breakthrough could threaten humanity

The mystery of what led the OpenAI board to take the precipitous step of firing CEO Sam Altman may now have been solved. A new report says a number of researchers warned them of a new breakthrough which they said could threaten humanity - after Altman seemingly failed to inform them. In a letter to the board, the researchers suggested that the breakthrough - dubbed Q* and pronounced Q-Star - could let AI "surpass humans in most economically valuable tasks" ... more...