OpenAI Creates Oversight Board After Dissolving Safety Team (2)

OpenAI has created a board committee to evaluate the safety and security of its artificial intelligence models, a governance change made weeks after its top executive on the the subject resigned and the company effectively disbanded his internal team.

The move also follows damning criticism of OpenAI’s governance by two former board members, Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, in The Economist on Sunday.

The new committee will spend 90 days evaluating the safeguards in OpenAI’s technology before giving a report. “Following the full board’s review, OpenAI will publicly share an update on adopted recommendations in a manner that is consistent ...