OpenAI aims to make a leap forward in the development of general artificial intelligence with its fourth breakthrough, an AI that can perform mathematics, Q

It has been reported that OpenAI has confirmed that it is proceeding with a new AI development project ' Q* (Q-Star) '. This Q* aims to improve mathematical reasoning ability and may bring breakthroughs in artificial general intelligence (AGI) research, and is part of the controversy surrounding the dismissal of CEO Sam Altman in November 2023. It has been pointed out that this may have been the cause.

OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say | Reuters
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Generating AI is rapidly evolving, producing images as beautiful as photographs and outputting sentences as accurate as if they were written by a human, but the accuracy is low when it comes to calculations and mathematical reasoning. , is a current challenge in AI development. In the article below, when we actually had ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing Chat solve math problems, we confirmed that they made mistakes even at elementary school level problems.

OpenAI suggests that in order to make interactive chat AI that is not good at arithmetic and calculations perform mathematical reasoning correctly, it is better to train while checking the steps in the middle - GIGAZINE

Reuters reports that shortly before CEO Altman was fired by the board, several OpenAI employees sent the board a ``letter warning of the discovery of powerful AI that could threaten humanity.''

The project mentioned in this letter is Q*. This Q* has better mathematical reasoning ability than previous AI, and although it is at the elementary school level, it passed a mathematics test and demonstrated its ability.

Large-scale language models such as OpenAI's GPT can produce sentences as accurate as those written by humans, but they only probabilistically predict the connections between words. is not taken into consideration. However, Q* represents a significant advance in AI's reasoning and cognitive abilities, and could lead to a major leap forward in the development of AGI.

According to Reuters, OpenAI declined to comment, but acknowledged in an internal message to employees that the development of Q* is underway and the existence of a letter sent to the board of directors. This message was sent byMira Murati , OpenAI's CTO (chief technology officer), and was apparently intended to warn staff about a specific report.

It has been reported that the reason Mr. Altman was suddenly dismissed as CEO was due to a conflict between Mr. Altman and some members of the board of directors over the safety of AI. It has also been reported that he was at odds with a board member who wrote a paper critical of OpenAI.

Is OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman's dismissal caused by an attempt to oust a board member who wrote a paper critical of the company? - GIGAZINE

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The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, believes that Altman's promotion of the Q* development project may have sparked a conflict with the board of directors over AI safety. . Emmett Shea, who became interim CEO after Mr. Altman's dismissal, said, ``The board did not dismiss Mr. Altman because of a difference of opinion regarding safety.''