OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company's new o1 model — or Strawberry, as the project was code-named — is nowhere near full ripeness. What he's saying: Speaking at a T-Mobile event Wednesday in San Francisco,

The tech leader encouraged high school students to think about taking calculated risks in their future careers. "Most things are not a one-way door," he said.

OpenAI is transforming its internal safety committee into an “independent” oversight board, the company said in a blog post on Monday. The ChatGPT-maker also said that the so-called Safety and Security Committee will be chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has resigned from the company's Safety and Security Committee amid scrutiny from US lawmakers and criticism from former employees. The committee will now function as an independent oversight board with the authority to delay AI model releases until safety concerns are addressed.

OpenAI has made some major changes, and one of the key updates is that CEO Sam Altman is no longer part of the Safety and Security Committee.