{"id":26401,"date":"2024-09-16T21:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/108034857"},"modified":"2024-09-16T21:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:50:06","slug":"openai-announces-new-independent-board-oversight-committee-focused-on-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/openai-announces-new-independent-board-oversight-committee-focused-on-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI announces new independent board oversight committee focused on safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-107418095\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>OpenAI on Monday said its Safety and Security Committee, which the company introduced in May as it dealt with controversy over security processes, will become an independent board oversight committee.<\/p>\n<p>The group will be chaired by Zico Kolter, director of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University&#8217;s school of computer science. Other members include Adam D&#8217;Angelo, an OpenAI board member and co-founder of Quora, former NSA chief and board member <span class=\"waslinkname\">Paul Nakasone<\/span>, and&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">Nicole Seligman<\/span>, former executive vice president at Sony.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will oversee &#8220;the safety and security processes guiding OpenAI&#8217;s model deployment and development,&#8221; the company said. It recently wrapped up its 90-day review evaluating OpenAI&#8217;s processes and safeguards and then made recommendations to the board. OpenAI is releasing the group&#8217;s findings as a public <span class=\"waslinkname\">blog post<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI, the <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-4\"><span class=\"waslinkname\">Microsoft<\/span><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>-backed startup behind ChatGPT and <span class=\"waslinkname\">SearchGPT<\/span>, is currently pursuing a funding round that would value the company at more than $150 billion, according to sources familiar with the situation who asked not to be named because details of the round haven&#8217;t been made public. Thrive Capital is&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">leading the round<\/span>&nbsp;and plans to invest $1 billion, and <span class=\"waslinkname\">Tiger Global<\/span> is planning to join as well.&nbsp;Microsoft,&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">Nvidia<\/span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">Apple<\/span>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">reportedly<\/span>&nbsp;also in talks to invest.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s five key recommendations included the need to establish independent governance for safety and security, enhance security measures, be transparent about OpenAI&#8217;s work, collaborate with external organizations; and unify the company&#8217;s safety frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, OpenAI released o1, a preview version of its new AI model focused on reasoning and &#8220;solving hard problems.&#8221; The company said the committee &#8220;reviewed the safety and security criteria that OpenAI used to assess OpenAI o1&#8217;s fitness for launch,&#8221; as well as safety evaluation results.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will &#8220;along with the full board, exercise oversight over model launches, including having the authority to delay a release until safety concerns are addressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While OpenAI has been in hyper-growth mode since late 2022, when it launched ChatGPT, it&#8217;s been simultaneously&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">riddled with controversy<\/span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">high-level employee departures<\/span>, with some current and former employees concerned that the company is growing too quickly to operate safely.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Democratic senators sent a <span class=\"waslinkname\">letter<\/span> to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman concerning &#8220;questions about how OpenAI is addressing emerging safety concerns.&#8221; The prior month, a group of current and former OpenAI employees published an&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">open letter<\/span>&nbsp;describing concerns about a lack of oversight and an absence of whistleblower protections for those who wish to speak up.<\/p>\n<p>And in May, a former OpenAI board member, speaking about Altman&#8217;s <span class=\"waslinkname\">temporary ouster<\/span> in November, <span class=\"waslinkname\">said he <\/span>gave the board &#8220;inaccurate information about the small number of formal safety processes that the company did have in place&#8221; on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\">That month, OpenAI decided<\/span>&nbsp;to disband its team focused on the long-term risks of AI&nbsp;just a year after announcing the group. The team&#8217;s leaders, Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike,&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">announced their departures<\/span>&nbsp;from OpenAI in May. Leike wrote in a post on X that OpenAI&#8217;s &#8220;safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong> <span class=\"waslinkname\">OpenAI is indisputable leader in AI supercycle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108034499\">\n<div role=\"button\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108034499\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000351806\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/openai-announces-new-independent-board-oversight-committee-focused-on-safety.jpg\" alt=\"OpenAI is the indisputable leader in the AI supercycle, says Altimeter Capital's Apoorv Agrawal\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. 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