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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month, eliminating a dedicated group that assessed whether models posed serious risks and developed mitigations, with responsibilities now divided by area and moved into existing teams.
This continues a pattern of safety infrastructure reductions at OpenAI as it heads toward an IPO, following the dissolution of its AGI readiness and superalignment teams and the departure of multiple safety leaders. Engineers relying on OpenAI models should note that risk evaluation is now fragmented rather than centralized, which may affect how thoroughly novel or cross-domain risks are identified.
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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team, which assessed model risks and developed mitigations, distributing those responsibilities across existing teams focused on specific areas like bio and cyber.
The preparedness team head, Dylan Scandinaro, who joined from Anthropic in February, will now focus on implications of 'recursive self-improving' AI rather than leading a centralized safety function.
This follows the dissolution of OpenAI's AGI readiness and superalignment teams and the recent departures of ethics lead Chloé Bakalar, Chief Futurist Josh Achiam, and head of safety Johannes Heidecke.
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