OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

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Reporting

The Verge reports that OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team. According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility […] The key issue is whether the feature improves real work without creating new problems around accuracy, privacy, cost, or user control.

Engadget reports that OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team as part of a 'streamlining' process. As part of a restructuring, OpenAI reportedly disbanded a team that assesses the potential for catastrophic risks with its models. The key issue is whether the feature improves real work without creating new problems around accuracy, privacy, cost, or user control.

The Details

• The Verge: OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
• According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop
• Engadget: OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team as part of a 'streamlining' process
• As part of a restructuring, OpenAI reportedly disbanded a team that assesses the potential for catastrophic risks with its models

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