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OpenAI Disbands Preparedness Team Amid Safety Team Shakeup

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OpenAI has reportedly disbanded its preparedness team, which was responsible for assessing risks posed by AI models and developing mitigation strategies. This change is part of a broader restructuring of the company's safety teams as it approaches a potential IPO. Key personnel, including ethics lead Chloé Bakalar and Chief Futurist Josh Achiam, have also left the company recently.

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The responsibilities of the disbanded preparedness team have been redistributed to existing teams focused on specific areas like bio and cyber.

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OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month.

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The head of the preparedness team, Dylan Scandinaro, will now focus on the implications of 'recursive self-improving' AI.

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Key personnel, including ethics lead Chloé Bakalar and Chief Futurist Josh Achiam, have left OpenAI recently.

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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

The Verge·1h ago