OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

What happened: David Robinson, who led safety report writing for OpenAI product launches, resigned and said in a The Atlantic essay that the company's "culture is broken." OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said the company continues to improve safety measures. Why it matters: Robinson argued that stronger safety incentives must come from outside the company, and that current measures of how well AI systems match human values are coarse.

David Robinson, who led safety report writing for OpenAI product launches, resigned and said in a The Atlantic essay that the company's "culture is broken." OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said the company continues to improve safety measures.

Robinson argued that stronger safety incentives must come from outside the company, and that current measures of how well AI systems match human values are coarse.