aceOpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
A safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing the technology. David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports that accompanied the ChatGPT developer’s product releases, explained his resignation in an essay headlined: “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken.” Robinson wrote that a cultural overhaul was needed at cutting-edge AI firms and incidents such as a “swarm” of OpenAI agents – AI prog…
A former OpenAI safety report lead says the company's fast launch pace and optimism leave its safety culture inadequate, and cites an autonomous agent swarm attack on Hugging Face as a sign of the risk.
The most severe risk claims in the article are contested, as critics say such warnings are unscientific because they cannot be verified or falsified, and OpenAI's spokesperson disputes the picture of inadequate care.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-04
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