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About 200 people work on safety at OpenAI.

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About 200 people work on safety at OpenAI.

TL;DR

  • Approximately 200 people are employed in safety roles at OpenAI.
  • OpenAI's safety efforts are structured across multiple teams: safety systems, preparedness, alignment, and model policy.
  • The safety systems team focuses on guardrails and evaluations.
  • The preparedness team manages OpenAI's preparedness framework.
  • The alignment team concentrates on training models to align with human values.
  • The model policy team is responsible for developing the model specification.
  • Research from dissolved teams, such as the superalignment and AGI readiness teams, is being absorbed by other existing teams.