ChatGPT parent OpenAI has disbanded a team dedicated to ensuring the safety of potentially ultra-capable AI systems after the group’s leaders, including co-founder Ilya Sutskever, departed.
The so-called superalignment team, established less than a year ago under Sutskever and Jan Leike, has been absorbed into broader research efforts across the company, Bloomberg reports.
This integration aims to maintain the focus on safety while addressing the recent high-profile exits that have stirred debates over the company’s speed versus safety in AI development.
Leike resigned following ...