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OpenAI disbands dedicated Superalignment team

OpenAI confirmed that it disbanded the team created to solve control of future superintelligent systems and redistributed its members after co-leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike departed; Leike said safety had fallen behind product priorities.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM65confidence 98/100

Why it moved the index

Dissolving a dedicated frontier-control team and losing both leaders reduced concentrated organizational capacity for long-term alignment at a leading lab while product deployment accelerated.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 65 · confidence 98

    New May 2024 completed organizational change affecting long-term frontier-model control research.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI disbands dedicated Superalignment team” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 65 and confidence 98 out of 100 in the safety and alignment category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “OpenAI disbands dedicated Superalignment team” as follows: OpenAI confirmed that it disbanded the team created to solve control of future superintelligent systems and redistributed its members after co-leaders Ilya...

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