‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

David Robinson, who was responsible for writing safety reports for new models at OpenAI, resigned last week. In his first interview since leaving, he explains that he no longer believes OpenAI and the broader AI industry have the safety culture necessary to protect the world from what they're building. Robinson, a Rhodes scholar and former Biden White House adviser, entered OpenAI seeing AI as a useful tool, but his experience inside the company convinced him that catastrophic risks are real and underappreciated. The conversation explores his personal arc, the gaps he identified in safety processes, and what a responsible safety culture would look like.