Overview

• OpenAI's superalignment team, focused on long-term AI risks, has been dissolved after less than a year.
• Co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, who led the team, have both resigned citing disagreements with company leadership.
• The team faced internal challenges, including resource constraints and conflicts over the company's core priorities.
• Safety research will now be distributed across various teams under new leadership.
• The move raises questions about OpenAI's commitment to balancing AI innovation with safety.