OpenAI Scraps Team That Researched Risk of 'Rogue' AI

OpenAI disbanded its Superalignment team, which was formed to address AI risks such as potential 'rogue' behaviors. The dissolution occurred after the resignation of co-leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, who expressed concerns over OpenAI's prioritization of product launches over safety measures.

• Superalignment team aimed to mitigate AI risks.
• Co-leaders Sutskever and Leike resigned.
• Dissolution followed GPT-4o's launch.
• Leike highlighted safety culture issues.
• Team's efforts included a human-level AI researcher.