New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The David Robinson OpenAI resignation has intensified scrutiny of safety practices at the maker of ChatGPT, after the long-serving safety official publicly accused the company of not being careful enough in developing increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems.

Robinson set out his reasons in an essay published by The Atlantic on Saturday, October 3, under the headline "I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken". OpenAI has confirmed his departure, which was first reported by Business Insider.

According to the essay, Robinson spent three and a half years at OpenAI, where he led the writing of the safety reports that accompany the company's major product launches. He said he oversaw such reports for 12 fr...