{"id":20338,"date":"2026-10-04T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20338"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:02:13","slug":"an-openai-safety-employee-has-quit-and-is-sounding-the-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20338","title":{"rendered":"An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Verge • Terrence O\u2019Brien • October 3, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n\n

David Robinson, who previously wrote safety reports for every major model release at OpenAI, has resigned and published an editorial in The Atlantic stating the company’s culture is broken. He argues that the industry operates with extreme confidence and perpetual sprints, relying on unimpeded optimism while ignoring potential problems. Robinson asserts that this mindset requires a fundamental shift toward humility and that AI development needs nuclear-level safeguards similar to those used in power plants or airports to prevent disaster from human error.<\/p>\n

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Robinson emphasizes that these risks are deeper than simply adding new rules for training models. He calls for AI companies to move beyond their insular, fast-moving approach and implement careful, time-consuming planning with layers of redundancy. His comments come as part of a growing trend where researchers and safety workers are leaving prominent AI firms. Jacob Coxon was among the first to leave Anthropic, warning that AI could kill us all by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n

Following Coxon, other individuals have also departed major tech companies. Robert O’Callahan, Bilal Chughtai, and Josh Engels left Google DeepMind, while Joe Benton quit Anthropic. Robinson notes that he is just the latest in this parade of people stepping away from their positions to speak out about the dangers they perceive.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> The Verge • Terrence O\u2019Brien • October 3, 2026<\/p>\n

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