Jan Leike, who co-led the Superalignment team with Ilya Sutskever, resigned from OpenAI, writing on X that "safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products." With both leaders gone, the Superalignment team, formed in July 2023, was dissolved and its remaining members absorbed into other research groups. It drew heavy coverage at the time as internal tensions at OpenAI over safety surfacing in public.
17May 2024
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Jan Leike resigns; OpenAI dissolves Superalignment team
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28 May 2024 · Development
Leike announced he was joining Anthropic to lead a new team working on alignment research, including scalable oversight.