After the dissolution of the "Super Alignment" team last year, OpenAI's safety and mission architecture has once again undergone significant changes. According to Platformer's exclusive report and confirmed by TechCrunch, OpenAI has officially disbanded the "Mission Alignment" team, which was established to communicate the company's mission and ensure the impact of AI.

At the same time, the former head of the team, renowned researcher Josh Achiam, has been appointed as the company's first **"Chief Futurist"**.

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Structural Reorganization: From Independent Team to "Distributed" Safety

The "Mission Alignment" team was established in September 2024, with the core purpose of "ensuring that general artificial intelligence (AGI) benefits all humanity."

  • Team's Future: An OpenAI spokesperson stated that the dissolution was part of a routine reorganization in response to the company's rapid development. The team's 6-7 members have been reassigned to other departments within the company and are reportedly continuing similar work.

  • Strategic Signal: Analysts believe this marks OpenAI's shift of "safety" functions from an independent supervisory unit into a "distributed" function embedded across various product lines.

Chief Futurist: New Role and New Responsibilities

In his latest blog post, Achiam revealed that his new position will focus on long-term research, working closely with physicist Jason Pruet from the technical department.

  • Core Objective: To study how the world will be deeply transformed by the arrival of AGI and to support OpenAI's mission.

  • Public Communication: Despite the more macro-level title, Achiam emphasized that he will still focus on improving public understanding of AI's impact.

Historical Trajectory: Ongoing Turmoil in the Security Department