OpenAI's former Head of Policy Planning David Robinson quits amid safety purge
ns123abc · x · 2026-10-02
David Robinson, OpenAI's former Head of Policy Planning and a key Safety Systems leader, has quit — just hours after Altman & co. purged three safety researchers for allegedly leaking sensitive data to an outside safety group. The timing fuels reads of the move as a response to the safety team shakeup.
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