United Kingdom, Sept. 11 -- An OpenAI board member has warned that the company and the wider artificial intelligence industry are not moving quickly enough to reduce the risk of a "catastrophic" loss of control as AI systems become increasingly capable.

Paul Christiano, a US government technology adviser and former head of model alignment at OpenAI, said there was a "meaningful risk" that rapid advances in AI could result in an irreversible loss of control in the near future.

He said: "I do not think that the AI industry in general, including OpenAI, is currently on track to reduce this risk to an acceptable level."

Christiano made the comments as he joined the board of OpenAI's non-profit foundation.

He will also serve on a committee...