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OpenAI loses another lead safety researcher, Lilian Weng
Another one of OpenAI's lead safety researchers, Lilian Weng, announced on Friday she is departing the startup. Weng served as VP of research and safety
Today, OpenAI’s safety systems unit has more than 80 scientists, researchers, and policy experts, according to Weng’s post. Miles Brundage, a longtime policy researcher, left the startup in October and announced that OpenAI was dissolving its AGI readiness team, which he had advised. “We deeply appreciate Lilian’s contributions to breakthrough safety research and building rigorous technical safeguards,” said an OpenAI spokesperson in an emailed statement.
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