David Robinson resigns, publishes 'culture is broken' essay

3 Oct 3 7:00 AM · 11d ago · 2 articles · 8 posts · 5 sources · development 3 of 6

David Robinson, who led the writing of OpenAI's product safety reports, resigned and published an Atlantic essay arguing that cutting-edge AI firms, including OpenAI, are not being careful enough and that the industry needs a cultural overhaul, not just new rules.

“The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.”

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David Robinson Former OpenAI safety-report leadOpenAI AI company at center of storyJasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni Fired OpenAI researchersGeoffrey Irving Former OpenAI chief scientist at UK AI Safety Institute, now at ResolutionJacob Coxon Former Anthropic researcher

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8 outlets OpenAI's safety report lead quits and calls the company culture broken

first by Notebookcheck, 11d ago · also Tech in Asia, Digg, Business Insider, HN Best, HN Frontpage, The Guardian +1
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- OpenAI safety lead resigns, calling company culture broken Tech in Asia · 11d ago
- Longtime OpenAI employee resigns over the company's safety culture Digg · 11d ago
- OpenAI leader who quit says he can do more for safety from outside the company Business Insider · 11d ago
- OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken' HN Best · 11d ago
- OpenAI safety employee quits, criticizes company’s approach to AI risks Investing.com News · 11d ago
6 outlets I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken

first by HN Best, 11d ago · also NDTV, Seeking Alpha, TechCrunch, HN Frontpage, The Atlantic
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- OpenAI Employee Quits Over 'Broken Culture', Calls For Aviation-Like Safety NDTV · 11d ago
- OpenAI safety leader resigns over workplace culture Seeking Alpha · 11d ago
- OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’ | TechCrunch Mastodon · 11d ago
- OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’ TechCrunch · 11d ago
1 outlet OpenAI safety leader David Robinson resigns as the team's upheaval mounts

first by Business Insider, 12d ago
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- David Robinson, who worked on OpenAI's Safety Systems team and had previously led policy planning, left OpenAI last week Business Insider · 12d ago

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.@dgrobinson, who worked on OpenAI’s safety team, resigned from the company this week. “I believe we need to look deeper than specific rules or new laws. We need to talk about culture,” he writes:

@TheAtlanticX11d ago194▲view on X ↗
> I resigned this week from OpenAI. I led the writing of the safety reports we published with each major launch. Now I’m joining a parade of former colleagues [...] who have decided that the current path is unacceptable. https://www. theatlantic.com/technology/202…

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