ByteDance establishes an AI safety team within its Seed division and plans to hire 10 researchers across China and the US to strengthen AI alignment and risk preparedness.
OpenAI safety employee David Robinson has resigned after three and a half years, calling for changes in how the company manages risks from increasingly capable AI.
OpenAI has cancelled the planned release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal testing found shortcomings involving safety, authorisation and AI alignment.
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for greater caution and possible slowdowns as increasingly capable AI systems raise new safety and control concerns.
