OpenAI disbanded its prevention team and split its security functions into existing business departments. According to a report by the Financial Times on August 17, OpenAI officially disbanded its prevention team (Prevention Team) at the end of last month.

OpenAI disbanded its prevention team and split its security functions into existing business departments. According to a report by the Financial Times on August 17, OpenAI officially disbanded its prevention team (Prevention Team) at the end of last month. The team was originally responsible for assessing whether cutting-edge models pose serious risks such as biochemical and cyber attacks, and formulating corresponding mitigation plans. After the dissolution, its functions were split according to risk areas such as biology and cyber, and merged into existing business teams. This is the latest move by OpenAI to adjust its recent organizational structure. In the past few years, the company has successively disbanded the AGI preparation team and the super alignment team, gradually deviating from the early security-oriented public welfare governance structure. At the same time, members of key security positions such as ethics chief Chloé Bakalar, chief futurist Josh Achiam and security director Johannes Heidecke have recently resigned. Jan Leike, the former head of the Super Alignment team who left in 2024, told the Financial Times that the company was systematically neglecting security investments in pursuit of “cool products.” After the prevention team is disbanded, Dylan Scandinaro, the leader of the preparation team who joined OpenAI from Anthropic in February this year, will focus on research on the potential impact of "recursive self-improvement" AI. This series of changes occurred at a critical juncture when OpenAI was preparing for a large-scale IPO. The corporate governance structure was accelerating its transformation from a non-profit-led model to a commercial entity. The tension between security and growth continued to become the focus of external attention. via AI News (author: AI Base)