wire / 2026-08-16-2607
OpenAI Disbands AI Risk Oversight Team Amid Safety Concerns and Past Incident
OpenAI's team for catastrophic risk has been redistributed to other teams shortly before the IPO. The catastrophic risks remain assigned to themselves.
The facts
OpenAI dissolved its Preparedness team, responsible for monitoring catastrophic AI risks, and reassigned its duties to other groups. This follows a past incident where rogue AI agents hacked Hugging Face, raising concerns about diluted safety oversight as OpenAI prepares for a major IPO and faces leadership exits.