OpenAI (ChatGPT) creates a new safety and security committee headed... by his boss, Sam Altman!

 OpenAI (ChatGPT) creates a new safety and security committee headed... by his boss, Sam Altman!

OpenAI has just set up its new security committee. And it will simply be overseen by the management team!

Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI

There have been some riffs lately within the company at the base of ChatGPT. Several prominent members of the Californian society, including the one who had tried to oust Sam Altman, namely Ilya Sutskever, have recently resigned. Their common point? They all belonged to the team in charge of ensuring the security of a potential general AI. And those who are going to replace them may well have different ambitions.

A triumvirate for security

There is something new, once again, within OpenAI. After the cascading departures of the security managers, it was necessary to create a new dedicated team. And it's done according to information from The Verge. Indeed, there are now three new managers for these positions.

These are the members of the board of directors, Nicole Seligman and Adam D'Angelo, as well as ... Sam Altman, the boss of the box! The first mission of this team will be "to evaluate and develop OpenAI's processes and safeguards. »

OpenAI (ChatGPT) creates a new safety and security committee headed... by his boss, Sam Altman!

A committee for the form?

It will be difficult to trust this new team, which will consist of five other members, right away. Indeed, the criticisms that have multiplied mezzo voce lately within the Microsoft partner often focused on the vision of Sam Altman, accused of putting the launch of sparkling new products well ahead of security considerations.

However, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the voices that are worried about a potentially harmful impact of this technology on humanity have multiplied. Many fear that AI could one day become out of control, as Elon Musk had recently mentioned. Does OpenAI consider that worried people are doing too much and that there is no need to strengthen security research?