OpenAI safety report lead David Robinson leaves, saying the current path is unacceptable
The Midas Project shares The Atlantic's report that David Robinson, one of OpenAI's longest-tenured employees, left this week; he had overseen the writing of safety reports for 12 frontier model releases. Robinson said he was joining the ranks of those leaving OpenAI and other leading companies in the industry, finding the current development path unacceptable, and said the era of trial and error is over. His article was published in The Atlantic.
“What I’m about to tell you has, I realize, become something of a cliché: I resigned this week from OpenAI. I led the writing of the safety reports we published with each major launch. Now I’m joining a parade of former colleagues—at OpenAI and the industry’s other leaders—who have decided that the current path is unacceptable.”
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@dgrobinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/openai-safety-team-resignation/688881/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR4o908Fsjxr4NFLlsptkfP8View the quoted post on X