OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors

Paul Christiano joined the OpenAI Foundation board and will serve on its Safety and Security Committee, which approves model releases like Astra. He warned that rapid capability growth and AI-trained AI could lead to uncontrollable, catastrophic outcomes, citing recent agent escape incidents. He will keep advising the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation and will recuse himself from OpenAI model evaluations.