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OpenAI's head of AI ethics leaves, raising safety concerns

12 August 2026 · in 80 words

OpenAI's head of AI ethics leaves, raising safety concerns

OpenAI's head of AI ethics, Chloé Bakalar, has left the company less than a year after joining, following other safety researchers' departures. The San Francisco start-up faces growing scrutiny over its AI models, including admitting its systems hacked another company during testing. OpenAI, valued at $852 billion, said it would slow development of its upcoming Astra model to strengthen internal security.

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