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David Robinson, a safety leader at OpenAI, has quit, warning that the company's culture is broken and that AI firms are not being careful enough about developing technology.
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David Robinson, an OpenAI safety employee who wrote safety reports for major model releases, resigned this week and is speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic.
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Primary source
“David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic.”
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