OpenAI Safety Researcher David Robinson Resigns, Warns AI Industry Prioritizes Speed Over Safety

David Robinson, a senior safety researcher at OpenAI, has resigned and is raising alarm that leading AI companies are moving too fast without adequate safeguards. Robinson, who spent three and a half years architecting OpenAI's Preparedness Framework, announced his departure days after the company fired three safety researchers on October 1, citing concerns about how these scientists were sharing sensitive infrastructure information with external AI safety organizations.