Sam Altman leaves OpenAI's safety and security committee, to be replaced by Zico Kolter

On September 17, according to AXIOS, OpenAI said on Monday that its CEO Sam Altman will leave the board's safety and security committee, which will now be composed entirely of independent board members.

OpenAI said the committee will be chaired by Zico Kolter. The committee will be briefed on major models and, together with the full board of directors, have the power to postpone the release of new models. It noted that the new committee reviewed the security of the recent o1 "Strawberry" model, which was rated "medium risk" in the company's internal assessment. OpenAI said it is working to adopt the committee's recommendations to increase transparency and collaboration with external groups and unify its safety practices across more and more product teams.