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OpenAI's safety execs quit, founders face scrutiny

Business Insider — May 19, 2024, 03:00 AM UTC

Summary: OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, leading AI safety team members, resigned, raising concerns about OpenAI's commitment to preventing AI risks. Founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are working to reassure stakeholders. Sutskever and Leike's departures come amid tensions over AI development approaches. Altman and Brockman are now under scrutiny following the shake-up in the safety department.

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  1. [4.6]
    Former OpenAI employees push for better whistleblower protection in AI (The Verge)
    106d 4h
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  2. [5.9]
    AI industry workers warn of risks, call for protections (The Guardian)
    106d 5h

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  3. [4.5]
    AI workers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind warn of dangers, call for transparency and whistleblower protections (The Washington Post)
    106d 7h
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  4. [4.8]
    OpenAI insiders warn of reckless pursuit of AI dominance (The New York Times)
    106d 9h
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  5. [5.3]
    Internal divisions at OpenAI persist post-coup attempt, impacting leadership (Financial Times)
    111d 18h

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  6. [0.9]
    Safety employees leaving OpenAI due to lack of trust (Giant Freakin Robot)
    116d 3h
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  7. [4.6]
    AI safety summit attendees leave, OpenAI faces dissent and criticism (The Guardian)
    120d 12h
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  8. [5.9]
    OpenAI's Superalignment team disbanded due to resource issues (TechCrunch)
    123d 3h

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  9. [4.7]
    OpenAI criticized for prioritizing products over safety (The Guardian)
    123d 11h
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  10. [5.7]
    Top OpenAI researchers depart over safety vs. product prioritization (Financial Times)
    124d 2h

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  11. [5.4]
    OpenAI dissolves Superalignment AI safety team (CNBC)
    124d 5h

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  12. [4.9]
    OpenAI safety team faces mass exodus over leadership concerns (Vox.com)
    124d 6h
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  13. [4.4]
    OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever departs amid internal turmoil (The Guardian)
    126d 7h
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  14. [3.3]
    Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI after nearly a decade (Gizmodo)
    126d 21h
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  15. [4.4]
    Ilya Sutskever leaving OpenAI, Jakub to take over (The Verge)
    126d 23h
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  16. [4.3]
    Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI amid leadership crisis (CNBC)
    126d 23h
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