Microsoft Unveils Plan to Develop "Superintelligence" AI for Medicine and Materials Science

Microsoft is pursuing "superintelligence" AI, aiming to make advances in medicine and materials science. The company's AI group, led by Mustafa Suleyman, will target ambitious milestones beyond artificial general intelligence. The project, called the MAI Superintelligence Team, aims to build "Humanist Superintelligence" that benefits people and avoids potential risks. The announcement comes after Microsoft's renegotiated agreement with OpenAI, which removed a prior prohibition on Microsoft's development of advanced AI tools.