OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:41:21 GMT

David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technologyA safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing the technology.David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports that accompanied the ChatGPT developer’s product releases, explained his resignation in an essay headlined, “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken”. Continue reading...

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