From The National: 2024-05-18 02:55:00

A former OpenAI executive warns that safety has taken a backseat as the company dismantled its risk-mitigation unit. Jan Leike criticizes OpenAI’s focus on products over safety culture and processes. The company confirmed dismantling the superalignment unit, with co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s departure. Leike emphasizes the need for AI safety preparation.

Leike expresses concerns over OpenAI’s priorities in AI research, advocating for a focus on security, safety, and societal impact. He calls for a safety-first approach to ensure that AI systems benefit humanity. OpenAI has faced criticism and recent leadership changes, including the departure of CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit.

OpenAI introduces GPT-4o, a new flagship model designed to reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. This model aims to attract more users to the platform and maintain its position in the generative AI sector. GPT-4o is an updated version of the ChatGPT technology and offers increased capacity for paid users.



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