OpenAI reorganizes its security team; the former head of the security system resigns

According to Beating monitoring, Johannes Heidecke, the former head of OpenAI’s original safety system, has announced to employees that he is leaving the company.

Meanwhile, OpenAI is adjusting the structure of its safety team, further merging the safety team with the research team. The former research vice president and alignment lead, Mia Glaese, will be promoted to vice president of research and safety, responsible for coordinating related work. All of OpenAI’s safety teams will report to her going forward.

Saachi Jain, who previously led the safety team, will serve as interim head of the safety system and report to Glaese.

Mark Chen, OpenAI’s chief research officer, said that as the frequency of training models has accelerated significantly and the product release cycle has also been noticeably shortened, coordinating safety has become more difficult than before. He hopes that with the new organizational structure, the safety team can be involved earlier in model, product, and release decision-making.