The team tasked with assessing whether OpenAI's models posed serious risks was reportedly shut down at the end of last month, per the Financial Times.
OpenAI has disbanded its preparedness team, the internal group responsible for evaluating whether its models posed serious risks and developing mitigations, according to the Financial Times. The team's dissolution comes amid broader scrutiny of how AI labs handle safety governance as models grow more capable.
The move follows a pattern of safety-focused teams being restructured or reduced across major AI labs over the past year, raising questions about how risk assessment gets institutionalized as commercial pressure intensifies.
Safety and preparedness teams are often the first casualties when labs shift from research mode to commercial scale — but that tradeoff carries real regulatory and reputational risk as governments watch for self-governance failures. Enterprise buyers relying on OpenAI's safety claims should ask directly who now owns risk assessment internally.
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