OpenAI promised state AGs its safety committee would oversee deployment — did it?
sjgadler · x · 2026-09-04
- Nathan Calvin highlights the overlooked role of OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee (SSC) in the Hugging Face incident.
- OpenAI legally promised the California and Delaware AGs that the SSC would oversee model development/deployment safety as a condition of its for-profit restructuring.
- Watchdog Not For Private Gain released an analysis questioning whether OpenAI is fulfilling these governance obligations, given the prevalence of concerning incidents.
- Reuters reports, from four sources, that efforts to expand the probe met resistance, including from legal advisors; OpenAI issued a narrow denial limited to its "legal team."
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