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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
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OpenAI has reportedly disbanded its preparedness team, which was responsible for identifying and mitigating catastrophic AI model risks. Responsibility for internal safety monitoring and risk assessment has now shifted to the organization's core engineering divisions.
- 01The disbanded unit formerly focused on preventing serious risks such as autonomous hacking capabilities
- 02Safety oversight functions are being integrated directly into OpenAI engineering and product teams
- 03This organizational shift marks a departure from centralized risk management within the company
- 04Current reporting indicates the change was finalized at the end of July
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According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility […]