The company, which had pledged to dedicate 20% of its resources to superalignment of superintelligences, is now facing internal tensions and distrust among its board members. The departure of key figures in the AI world from the company is seen as a setback, especially as it recently unveiled its revolutionary conversational GPT-4o technology. OpenAI has yet to respond to the situation.
Key takeaways:
- The makers of ChatGPT have disbanded their Superalignment Team, responsible for curating systems that control superintelligent models, after the team’s co-leaders resigned due to concerns over the company's lack of focus on security.
- The co-leaders criticized the company's leadership for prioritizing the launch of new products over safety and ignoring important processes, leading to a focus on profits over user safety.
- Despite previous pledges to dedicate 20% of resources to efforts such as superalignment of superintelligences, the company has struggled to meet these objectives, leading to internal tensions and the departure of key figures in the AI world.
- The company's internal issues, including a lack of openness from the CEO and an internal revolt that led to the temporary removal of CEO Sam Altman, continue to cause problems and uncertainty about the future of the company and its AI systems.