The OpenAI squad in charge of mitigating the risks of super-intelligent AI has lost nearly half its members, says a former researcher

"It's not been like a coordinated thing. I think it's just people sort of individually giving up," former OpenAI governance researcher Daniel Kokotajlo (not pictured) told Fortune.

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• OpenAI initially had about 30 people working on AI safety, says ex-researcher Daniel Kokotajlo.
• But Kokotajlo says multiple departures have since reduced its ranks to about 16 members.
• Kokotajlo said people working on "AGI safety and preparedness are being increasingly...