OpenAI safety team member Daniel Robinson resigns, urging focus on culture over rules
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-10-03
Daniel Robinson, who worked on OpenAI's safety team, resigned from the company this week. Writing in The Atlantic, he argues that addressing AI safety requires more than specific rules or new laws: "We need to talk about culture." The departure adds to the ongoing narrative of exits from OpenAI's safety ranks, with the departing researcher choosing to speak publicly about the industry's safety culture and governance.
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