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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
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TL;DR
- OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team, responsible for assessing and mitigating AI risks.
- The team's responsibilities have been divided and moved into existing teams focused on specific areas like bio and cyber.
- This change occurs as OpenAI prepares for a potential IPO and has dissolved other safety-related teams.
- Several ethics and safety leaders have recently left the company.
- Critics, like former employee Jan Leike, suggest OpenAI is prioritizing "shiny products" over safety.
- The former head of the preparedness team will now focus on "recursive self-improving" AI implications.