Nvidia Throws Its Support Behind OpenAI, Open AI, and… Super-Closed AI? - Gizmodo

Nvidia has announced the formation of the 'Open Secure AI Alliance' to support open-weight AI models, while simultaneously investing in Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence (SSI) lab, which focuses on building AI with safety guarantees. The partnership grants SSI access to Nvidia's Vera Rubin computing platform, along with a substantial financial investment. The size of the investment has not been disclosed.

The move positions Nvidia at the center of two competing approaches in AI development: open-weight models, which allow broad access and modification, and closed, safety-focused labs like SSI, which restrict access in the name of alignment. The Open Secure AI Alliance will provide resources to developers working with open-weight models, potentially accelerating their deployment. SSI, founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, aims to develop superintelligent AI with verifiable safety properties.

Nvidia's dual support reflects its dominant role as the primary supplier of hardware for AI workloads, benefiting from growth in both open and closed ecosystems. The Vera Rubin platform, named after astronomer Vera Rubin, represents Nvidia's latest chip architecture. The announcements were made in a press release, with no additional details on specific open-weight projects or SSI's timeline.