OpenAI Staffers Responsible for Safety Are Jumping Ship

Daniel Kokotajlo

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Kokotajlo resigned from OpenAI in April 2024, after working on the company’s governance team, also reported by Business Insider. On Kokotajlo’s Less Wrong page, he writes that he “quit OpenAI due to losing confidence that it would behave responsibly around the time of AGI.”

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