The events that took place in recent weeks at OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, were on the agenda of the entire technology world. The company’s board of directors fired CEO and co-founder Sam Altman on November 17. Following the reactions and dissatisfaction of employees and investors about this situation, Altman returned to work on November 22. After this, the board of directors was reformed.

Even though almost two weeks have passed since these events, Sam Altman’s why you were fired There is still no definitive information about it. There was no statement from OpenAI or Altman on this matter. However, there were some claims circulating in the industry. Now a prediction on this subject came from Elon Musk.

OpenAI may have made a dangerous artificial intelligence discovery that could get Sam Altman fired, according to Elon Musk

Musk, who recently founded his own company xAI and released the Grok chatbot, had an interview with famed journalist Andrew Sorkin at the DealBook Summit yesterday. During this interview he also discussed the drama happening at OpenAI. The billionaire businessman stated that he had no prior knowledge of the events, but that this was the case stretched He stated that this was so.

Musk, OpenAI manager in his statement To Ilya Sutskever he pointed it out and said he wondered why she was so eager to fire Altman. Sutskever, a key figure at OpenAI, was among the board members who voted to fire Altman. However, he later took a step back on the matter and said that this step was not correct.

Musk went on to say that he was concerned, stating that OpenAI may have made a dangerous discovery and that Altman may have been fired for it: “I want to know why Ilya Sutskever wants to fight Sam so badly. This looks like something serious. I don’t think it’s unimportant. YI’m afraid they’ve made a dangerous discovery about artificial intelligence..”

This statement is entirely a guess on Musk’s part. As far as we understand it is not based on any source. However, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard such a claim about Altman’s firing. Last week, Reuters sources also said that OpenAI may have made a discovery that could pose a danger to humanity.

Microsoft denies these claims

While these claims continue to circulate, it should be noted that a statement came from Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor. Speaking to the BBC, Microsoft President Brad Smith stated that the Sam Altman-OpenAI events that shook up the industry had nothing to do with such concerns and were not the reason for the CEO’s resignation.