OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken “a backseat to shiny products”

Jan Leike, a prominent researcher at OpenAI, resigned citing concerns that the company is prioritizing product development over safety. Leike, who led the now-disbanded Superalignment team focused on AI safety, expressed that OpenAI's shift away from open access to proprietary models compromises its original mission and could pose risks with artificial general intelligence (AGI). His departure follows that of co-founder Ilya Sutskever and adds to growing internal tensions about the direction and safety priorities of the company.