OpenAI forms security committee as it begins training latest artificial intelligence model

OpenAI says it is creating a new security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to replace the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot.

The San Francisco startup said in a blog post Tuesday that the committee will advise the entire board on “critical safety and security decisions” for its projects and operations.

The security committee comes as debate swirls around AI security at the company, which has been thrust into the spotlight after a researcher, Jan Leike, resigned and criticized OpenAI for leaving security behind. take a backseat to shiny products.”

OpenAI said it “recently began training its next frontier model” and that its AI models lead the industry in capability and security, although it made no mention of the controversy. “We welcome robust debate at this important time,” the company said.

AI models are predictive systems trained on vast data sets to generate text, images, videos, and human conversations on demand. Frontier models are the most powerful, state-of-the-art AI systems.

Members of the security committee include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Bret Taylor, along with two other board members, Adam D’Angelo, who is the CEO of Quora, and Nicole Seligman, former general counsel at Sony. OpenAI said four of the company’s technical and policy experts are also members.

The committee’s first task will be to evaluate and further develop OpenAI’s processes and safeguards and make its recommendations to the board within 90 days. The company said it will publicly disclose the recommendations it is adopting “in a manner that is consistent with safety and security.”