OpenAI safety transparency lead David Robinson departs

OpenAI safety employee David Robinson announced his departure in The Atlantic, saying the company's culture had broken down. He had written safety reports accompanying major OpenAI product launches and says he was one of the company's longest-serving employees, with three and a half years at OpenAI.

David Robinson, who wrote safety reports for every major model launch at OpenAI, resigned this week and published an opinion piece in The Atlantic saying the industry's culture is fundamentally broken.

David Robinson, who worked on safety systems in OpenAI's Trustworthy AI team, resigned and criticized the company's safety culture in a guest essay for The Atlantic.

Business Insider reports that David Robinson, who led safety transparency within OpenAI's Safety Systems team, has left the company. He has not publicly stated why, and OpenAI has not announced a successor.