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Departing OpenAI leader says no company is ready for AGI
OpenAI dissolves another safety team as a policy leader departs.
Jan Leike, a prominent researcher, left after claiming that “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” Cofounder Ilya Sutskever also departed to launch his own AI startup focused on safe AGI development. The company reportedly faces pressure to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit public benefit corporation within two years — or risk returning funds from its recent $6.6 billion investment round. Despite these frictions, Brundage noted that OpenAI has offered to support his future work with funding, API credits, and early model access, with no strings attached.
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