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David Robinson resigned from OpenAI’s safety systems team, criticizing the company’s culture and the speed of its model development, and warning that unchecked optimism could increase the risks of dealing with highly capable systems. OpenAI says it postpones training or launches when necessary and is expanding external evaluation and real-time monitoring.
David Robinson, who led the preparation of safety reports accompanying OpenAI’s major launches, resigned, believing that the company’s culture does not provide safety with the necessary time and incentives. OpenAI responded that it is strengthening the security of research and testing environments, expanding monitoring and external evaluation, and may halt training or delay models when necessary.