Safety and alignment

OpenAI dedicates 20% of secured compute to superalignment

OpenAI formed a four-year Superalignment team and committed 20% of its secured compute to controlling systems smarter than humans, explicitly citing disempowerment and extinction risks.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM58confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

A frontier laboratory committed substantial compute and a dedicated team to the direct technical problem of retaining human control over superintelligent systems, although success remained uncertain and future-facing.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 58 · confidence 96

    New July 2023 direct superintelligence-control investment milestone.

    12 Aug 2026