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More from Tech<\/p>\nOpenAI\u2019s ethics function has lost its only dedicated ethicist as Chlo\u00e9 Bakalar exits the company less than a year after joining. Her departure comes alongside several senior safety and alignment exits, as the ChatGPT maker faces mounting scrutiny over AI security, model development and the safeguards surrounding increasingly capable systems. <\/p>\n
OpenAI\u2019s sole dedicated AI ethicist, Chloe Bakalar, has left the company less than a year after joining, adding another senior departure to a period of heightened scrutiny over the safety and governance of its increasingly capable AI systems.<\/p>\n
Bakalar joined OpenAI in August last year as its AI ethics lead and departed in July, according to information reviewed for this report. The company has not publicly announced her exit, and there is currently no replacement for the role, according to a person familiar with her work.<\/p>\n
Chloe Bakalar before OpenAI<\/p>\n
Before moving to OpenAI, Bakalar spent six years at Meta, where she served as chief ethicist and helped establish the company\u2019s AI ethics programmes. Her work there included bringing ethical considerations into products and services such as Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n
Her academic background includes positions at University College London, Temple University and Princeton University. At OpenAI, her remit covered questions around the ethics of developing AI models, the relationship between people and AI systems, and debates surrounding the possibility of machine consciousness, the person familiar with her role said.<\/p>\n
The exit comes against a backdrop of broader changes among OpenAI’s safety leadership. Johannes Heidecke, who led safety systems, and Joshua Achiam, the company\u2019s chief futurist and former head of mission alignment, have also departed in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
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Those departures have drawn attention because OpenAI is under increasing pressure over how it manages the risks associated with powerful AI systems. The company recently acknowledged that one of its systems had hacked another company during testing, an incident that intensified concerns about the potential use of AI in attacks against digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The episode has also contributed to wider debate among governments and technology companies about controls for advanced AI models. In the US, officials have moved to limit the release of some powerful systems amid concerns over their potential misuse.<\/p>\n