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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’

Markets Brief gilt-and-policy note (2026-10-03): A safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’

A safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing the technology.

David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports that accompanied the ChatGPT developer’s product releases, explained his resignation in an essay headlined, “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken”.

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