Sam Altman leaves OpenAI board's safety and security committee

Driving the news: OpenAI said the safety and security committee will now be chaired by Zico Kolter, director of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon.

• Other members include Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, retired US Army General and former NSA chief Paul Nakasone, and former Sony general counsel Nicole Seligman.
• The company said the committee will be briefed on major models and that it — together with the full board — has the authority to delay the release of a new model.
• OpenAI noted that the new committee reviewed the safety of the recent o1 model aka Strawberry, which was rated "medium risk" under the company's internal assessment.
• OpenAI also said it is working to adopt committee recommendations for greater transparency and collaboration with outside groups and to unify its security practices across a growing number of product teams.

The big picture: OpenAI created the committee in May, following a series of departures of employees who had expressed safety concerns. It followed up in June by adding Nakasone to the board.