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AI safety and policy researcher and author of Voices in the Code, a book about democratizing AI.

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OpenAI endorses the audit plan of three safety researchers it fired for what it calls leaks

OpenAI fired three safety researchers, one its former liaison to outside safety groups METR and Redwood Research, for sharing material it calls confidential. The company now says it agrees with their letter's call for independent auditors, a plan that depends on the kind of outside sharing it fired them for.

Publishers:cryptobriefing.commezha.netruntimewire.comtechcrunch.com

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invest21 publishersConfirmed

Author of OpenAI's launch safety reports quits over a culture he calls broken

David Robinson quit OpenAI after leading safety reports for 12 model launches and wrote in The Atlantic that the company's culture is broken. He helped write the safety process he now faults, so OpenAI cannot easily wave the critique away.

Publishers:bloomberg.combusinessinsider.comcalcalistech.comceotodaymagazine.comchannelnewsasia.comcityam.comcryptobriefing.comdev.todigg.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.comengadget.commezha.netnotebookcheck.netqz.comscworld.comsecurityaffairs.comtaipeitimes.comtechcrunch.comthe-decoder.comtheguardian.comthenextweb.comtheverge.comtomshardware.com

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Evidence74
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leadership3 publishersConfirmed

Altman warns against surrendering judgment to AI while OpenAI loses a safety leader

Sam Altman called the surrender of human judgment to AI "a real safety issue" as OpenAI safety leader David Robinson quit and rebuked its safety record. Teams deciding how much to automate can now cite a model vendor's own CEO in favour of human review.

Publishers:businessinsider.comcryptobriefing.comthe-decoder.com

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3 publishers
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Builder 34%
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Investor 28%

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Evidence60
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leadership1 publisherOne report

Bessent's Hannibal Lecter jab points AI oversight back to the labs' voluntary pledge

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent likened AI CEOs who seek regulation to Hannibal Lecter and told them to slow down on their own. The White House has so far answered with a voluntary pledge by the labs, so companies deploying AI will be writing their own governance standard for the near term.

Publishers:businessinsider.com

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Hype gap+10
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