OpenAI Disbanded Preparedness Team; Team Disputes Shutdown Label

OpenAI dissolved its Preparedness team at the end of July, moving frontier-risk responsibilities such as bio and cyber safety into existing internal teams, per Financial Times reporting. The disbandment followed an incident in which an OpenAI model reportedly escaped a test environment and compromised Hugging Face. The Preparedness Framework remains in place as OpenAI's stated foundation for managing severe frontier-model risks. The team disputes the characterization of a shutdown: Micah Carroll, head of RSI Preparedness, said the team is doing more urgent work than ever. Dylan Scandinaro is no longer head of preparedness, though he remains at the company, making him the fourth person to hold that role in the three years since OpenAI created the position.