Neowin News Feed for: Superalignment

Former OpenAI safety head, Jan Leike, joins rival firm Anthropic

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:38:01 +0000

Former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike has taken up a job at rival firm Anthropic. There, he will continue his work on superalignment and try to find a way for humans to control powerful AIs. Read more...

OpenAI launches a Safety and Security committee; confirms it is training new frontier model

John Callaham — Tue, 28 May 2024 12:56:01 +0000

OpenAI has announced that members of its Board of Directors have formed a new Safety and Security Committee after reports came out earlier in May that it shut down its superalignment team. Read more...

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman issue response to Jan Leike's safety concerns

Paul Hill — Sun, 19 May 2024 05:50:01 +0000

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman has issued a response to Jan Leike who raised questions over OpenAI's commitment to safety. The pair said they do care about safety. You can read the response here. Read more...

Insider says OpenAI has dissolved its superalignment team

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 May 2024 07:28:02 +0000

The superalignment team at OpenAI has been disbanded less than a year after it was created to ensure super intelligent AI doesn't get out of human control. It comes after senior figures left the firm. Read more...

OpenAI bets on new Superalignment team to stop AI going rogue

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:46:01 +0000

OpenAI is building a new Superalignment team to develop methods to train and steer artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence. It worries existing training methods will be redundant. Read more...