OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

The Verge reports that according to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know,…

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.