Opinion3 min read
OpenAI's Safety Exodus Finally Has an Explanation: Sam Altman Says His 'Vibes Don't Fit' with Traditional AI Safety
A New Yorker profile based on over 100 interviews reveals why safety researchers keep leaving OpenAI — and the answer is more candid than most expected. Altman acknowledges the misalignment directly, in his own words. The departures helped found Anthropic. The pattern has not stopped.