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OpenAI dissolved the team built to catch catastrophic AI risks, reassigning its work to other groups

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OpenAI dissolved the team built to catch catastrophic AI risks, reassigning its work to other groups

The Decoder · Aug 16, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC

OpenAI shut down its "Preparedness" team, which evaluated whether the company's own AI models could pose catastrophic risks. The work has been parceled out to existing groups, and several safety staffers have left.…