Overview
- The MAI Superintelligence Team will focus on specialist, controllable systems designed to serve people rather than open-ended generalist AI.
- Karén Simonyan is named chief scientist, with researchers drawn from DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic joining the unit.
- Suleyman said the first target is medical diagnosis, claiming a line of sight to “medical superintelligence” within two to three years.
- Microsoft says it will invest heavily in compute and talent to build out the program over the coming years.
- The initiative follows a reworked OpenAI deal that allows Microsoft to independently pursue advanced models while maintaining partnership ties.