openai-safety-security-committee-a6fea4e7·3 events·first seen Aliases: OpenAI Safety & Security Committee, OpenAI Safety and Security Committee
OpenAI's board of directors has established a new Safety and Security Committee, signaling a formal governance response to ongoing concerns about AI safety oversight. The committee is intended to advise the board on critical safety and security decisions as OpenAI continues to develop frontier models. This move follows scrutiny of OpenAI's internal safety culture and the dissolution of its prior Superalignment team.
OpenAI has appointed retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone to its Board of Directors, where he will also serve on the Board's Safety and Security Committee. Nakasone is a former head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, bringing significant cybersecurity and national security expertise. The appointment continues OpenAI's post-November 2023 board restructuring and signals increased emphasis on security governance.
OpenAI has appointed Zico Kolter, an AI safety and alignment researcher, to its Board of Directors. Kolter will also serve on the Safety & Security Committee. The move is framed as strengthening OpenAI's governance with technical safety expertise, following the board restructuring that occurred after the November 2023 leadership crisis.