What's this about?
The weekly No Priors news roundup (posted July 28) covering Safe Superintelligence's new NVIDIA compute deal, a fresh AI benchmark release, shifts in Google's AI search, and the formation of an Open Secure AI Alliance.
What exactly is Safe Superintelligence (SSI)?
SSI is the AI lab founded by Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist, after he left in 2024. Its stated single mission is to build a "safe superintelligence" — an AI far smarter than humans — with safety as the first priority, and famously no intermediate products to distract from that goal. Its NVIDIA partnership (see the Industry item) is a signal it's moving toward large-scale training.
Why is this worth noting?
No Priors is a fast way to catch the week's AI business moves in one place; this episode's throughline — SSI scaling up with NVIDIA — is one of the more consequential industry stories of the week.