David Robinson left OpenAI, then criticized its pace in The Atlantic
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David Robinson left OpenAI and, the next day, published an essay in The Atlantic that criticizes the company's pace.
Robinson argued that OpenAI's optimism, as it sprints between launches, falls short of its responsibilities. Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic in September with a similar warning that labs are compromising oversight to keep pace. Public exits criticizing safety practice have recurred since Jan Leike left OpenAI in 2024, and none so far has changed a lab's release schedule.