OpenAI is establishing a Safety and Security Committee as it begins testing its next big AI model

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new board to oversee security measures taken in the company’s projects and operations. The Safety and Security Committee consists of select members of management and is charged with evaluating and further developing the San Francisco-based AI company’s processes and safeguards. The new board was formed after OpenAI began testing the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) model. Namely, the company recently shared its Model Spec, which is a document that highlights the company’s approach to building a responsible and ethical model of artificial intelligence.

OpenAI’s Safety and Security Committee

In a blog post, the company outlined details of its newly formed board. The announcement read: “Today, OpenAI’s Board of Directors formed a Safety and Security Committee led by Directors Bret Taylor (Chair), Adam D’Angelo, Nicole Seligman and Sam Altman (CEO). This committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the full Board on critical security decisions for OpenAI projects and operations.”

In addition to the director, OpenAI’s head of readiness Aleksander Madry, head of security systems John Schulman, head of security Matt Knight and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki will also be part of the board.

The board’s first task will be to assess and further develop AI’s processes and safeguards over the next 90 days. Afterward, the committee will share its findings and recommendations with the full board. The recommendations will go through the Board’s review, after which OpenAI will publicly share the adopted recommendations.

OpenAI is starting to test its next generation of AI models

These new developments in OpenAI are related to the company’s new initiative. She started testing the next generation of her AI model. Calling it a “frontier” model of artificial intelligence, he noted that this undertested large language model (LLM) will bring the company one step closer to artificial general intelligence (AGI).

AGI is a type of artificial intelligence that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge to a wide range of real-world tasks comparable to human intelligence. Some definitions of AGI also point out that it is capable of autonomous functioning and can develop some level of self-awareness.