OpenAI Board Member Helen Toner Says AI CEOs Still Can't Be Trusted
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Helen Toner, the OpenAI board member who voted to fire Sam Altman, said in an interview with The Verge's Decoder that AI safety still relies too heavily on trusting individual CEOs. She pointed to the board's failed attempt to hold Altman accountable as evidence that this oversight mechanism broke down. Toner, executive director of CSET, also discussed what smarter AI regulation might look like. Her comments frame the debate around AI safety as a question of institutional checks rather than personal trust in company leaders.
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- The Verge · AIOpenAI board member Helen Toner says AI CEOs still can't be trusted
Helen Toner, the OpenAI board member who voted to fire Sam Altman, tells Decoder that AI safety commitments still depend too much on trusting individual CEOs. The CSET executive director argues the OpenAI board's failed attempt to hold Altman accountable shows that mechanism broke, and discusses what smarter AI regulation might look like.
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