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Top OpenAI Catastrophic Risk Official Steps Down Abruptly


It's the latest shakeup to the company's safety efforts

Company cofounder and AI alignment lead, John Schulman, left in August for Anthropic, a rival firm started by an earlier wave of departing OpenAI safety staff. The updated version of the Preparedness Framework published today goes into more detail on the roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes of the SSC and introduces the "Safety Advisory Group (SAG)" — a related committee made up of OpenAI staff. When asked about this story, the company spokesperson directed Obsolete back to the updated Preparedness Framework — saying that "our safety practices continue to be really rigorous" and suggesting that characterizations of reduced testing were not "very fair."

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