World · 12 August 2026
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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