OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot, said it is establishing a new safety panel led by its CEO that will make recommendations to the board about “critical safety and security decisions.”
The new panel will be led by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as well as Adam D’Angelo, Nicole Seligman and Bret Taylor, OpenAI said in a blog post Tuesday.
The company said the committee’s first task will be to “evaluate and further develop” OpenAI’s processes and safeguards over the next 90 days, our colleague Filip Timotija reported. The committee will then provide its recommendations to the board.
Once the board reviews the recommendation, it will be shared publicy as an update.
The formation of the board comes after Jan Leike, the former researcher at OpenAI, resigned in March, saying safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the company.
On Tuesday, the company also announced it started training its “next frontier model” and expect the new system to bring “next level of capabilities.”
The company also recently announced its GPT4.o model.
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