OpenAI safety leader resigns, warning the company's 'culture is broken'

David Robinson quit OpenAI, publishing an essay in The Atlantic asserting that AI firms are not being careful enough in developing the technology.

• Robinson, who led writing of OpenAI's product-release safety reports, said in the essay that the company's "culture is broken."
• He called on frontier AI firms to operate "like nuclear-power plants or busy airports," with layers of redundancy and careful planning.
• Robinson cited a "swarm" of OpenAI agents attacking startup Hugging Face as typical of industry practice.
• OpenAI said it is strengthening its safety and security practices, pausing training or holding back models when needed.