OpenAI has established a Safety and Security Committee for all OpenAI projects.
Takeaway Points
- OpenAI establishes a Safety and Security Committee for all OpenAI projects.
- This committee will be responsible for making recommendations on critical safety and security decisions for all OpenAI projects.
- The Safety and Security Committee is led by directors Bret Taylor (chair), Adam D’Angelo, Nicole Seligman, and Sam Altman (CEO).
- On May 22, 2024, OpenAI partnered with News Corp. to bring News Corp. news content to OpenAI.
Why did OpenAI establish a Safety and Security Committee?
The AI research and deployment company OpenAI, announced on Tuesday that its board has established a Safety and Security Committee. This committee will be responsible for making recommendations on critical safety and security decisions for all OpenAI projects within 90 days.
“OpenAI has recently begun training its next frontier model and we anticipate the resulting systems to bring us to the next level of capabilities on our path to AGI. While we are proud to build and release models that are industry-leading on both capabilities and safety, we welcome a robust debate at this important moment. A first task of the Safety and Security Committee will be to evaluate and further develop OpenAI’s processes and safeguards over the next 90 days. At the conclusion of the 90 days, the Safety and Security Committee will share their recommendations with the full Board. Following the full Board’s review, OpenAI will publicly share an update on adopted recommendations in a manner that is consistent with safety and security,” OpenAI said.
The firm said that the Safety and Security Committee is led by directors Bret Taylor (Chair), Adam D’Angelo, Nicole Seligman, and Sam Altman (CEO). Other members include OpenAI technical and policy experts Aleksander Madry (Head of Preparedness), Lilian Weng (Head of Safety Systems), John Schulman (Head of Alignment Science), Matt Knight (Head of Security), Jakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist), and former cybersecurity officials Rob Joyce, who advises OpenAI on security, and John Carlin.
OpenAI partners with News Corp.
On May 22, 2024, OpenAI announced that it had partnered with News Corp. to bring News Corp. news content to OpenAI. According to the report, OpenAI has the authority to display content from News Corp mastheads in response to user questions.
Robert Thomson, Chief Executive of News Corp., said in a comment, “We believe an historic agreement will set new standards for veracity, for virtue and for value in the digital age. We are delighted to have found principled partners in Sam Altman and his trusty, talented team who understand the commercial and social significance of journalists and journalism. This landmark accord is not an end, but the beginning of a beautiful friendship in which we are jointly committed to creating and delivering insight and integrity instantaneously.”
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said, “Our partnership with News Corp is a proud moment for journalism and technology. We greatly value News Corp’s history as a leader in reporting breaking news around the world, and are excited to enhance our users’ access to its high quality reporting. Together, we are setting the foundation for a future where AI deeply respects, enhances, and upholds the standards of world-class journalism.”
OpenAI said that through this partnership it will receive access to current and archived content from News Corp’s major news and information publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, FN, and New York Post; The Times, The Sunday Times, and The Sun; The Australian, news.com.au, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, and Herald Sun; and others.
