The decision to dissolve the standalone entity is part of a strategy to help the company achieve its safety goals. This move was confirmed by the company in a statement to Bloomberg News. The integration of the team across the company's research efforts is expected to enhance the safety of OpenAI's artificial intelligence systems.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has dissolved a team that was focused on ensuring the safety of future ultra-capable artificial intelligence systems.
- The dissolution follows the departure of the group’s two leaders, including OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever.
- Instead of maintaining the superalignment team as a standalone entity, OpenAI is integrating the group more deeply across its research efforts.
- The team was formed less than a year ago under the leadership of Sutskever and Jan Leike, another OpenAI veteran.