Following heightened scrutiny from US politicians and complaints from former employees over the company’s approach to Al safety and regulation, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman resigned from the company’s internal Safety and Security Committee.
OpenAI said on Monday that the committee, which was founded in May to supervise important safety choices, will now function as an impartial oversight body and have the authority to postpone the release of new Al models.
This newly empowered group, which will comprise former Sony executive Nicole Seligman, retired U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone, and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, will be chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter. They are all currently serving on OpenAI’s board of directors.
What OpenAI said on the committee’s new leadership
According to OpenAI’s blog post, the committee will “be briefed by company
leadership on safety evaluations for major model releases, and will, along with the full board, exercise oversight over model launches, including having the authority to delay a release until safety concerns are addressed.”
After a 90-day evaluation of OpenAI’s security and safety procedures, the reorganization took place. Following Altman’s departure, the committee has already reviewed the safety of OpenAI’s most recent Al model, o1.
After five US senators questioned Altman’s policies in a letter this summer, the senators decided to remove him from the committee.
Ex-OpenAI researchers have accused Altman of supporting policies that further OpenAI’s corporate objectives above “real” Al regulation, and nearly half of the workforce that originally concentrated on Al’s long-term concerns has departed.
It has been claimed that OpenAI is looking to raise more than $6.5 billion at a valuation of more than $150 billion. There are rumors that the firm may give up on its hybrid nonprofit organization in order to maximize investor returns, which would mean it would go even further from its original goal of creating useful Al for humankind.
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