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OpenAI Disbands Preparedness Team Amid IPO Safety Concerns

Forensic Summary

OpenAI has disbanded its dedicated preparedness team, which was responsible for assessing catastrophic model risks and developing mitigations, redistributing its functions across domain-specific teams for areas like bio and cyber. This follows the dissolution of its AGI readiness and superalignment teams, and the departure of multiple senior safety and ethics leaders. Critics warn the pattern signals a systematic de-prioritisation of frontier AI safety oversight in favour of commercial growth ahead of a major IPO.


Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/openai-disbands-preparedness-team-amid-ipo-safety-concerns/

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