The announcement comes amid recent departures from OpenAI, including co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI's board now includes Nakasone, Sam Altman, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo, with Microsoft’s Dee Templeton holding a non-voting observer seat.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has appointed retired US Army General and former NSA head, Paul M. Nakasone, to its board of directors.
- Nakasone will join the Safety and Security Committee at OpenAI, with a focus on understanding how AI can be used to strengthen cybersecurity.
- Recent departures from OpenAI include co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, both of whom had concerns about the company's safety culture.
- The OpenAI board now includes Nakasone, Sam Altman, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo, with Microsoft’s Dee Templeton holding a non-voting observer seat.