# OpenAI disbands preparedness team, senior executives exit 2026-08-17T06:28:07+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet OpenAI has disbanded its preparedness team, which was responsible for assessing risks from advanced AI models, the Financial Times reports. The team was dissolved at the end of last month. Responsibilities for biological and cybersecurity risks have been moved to existing teams. Dylan Scandinaro, who joined from Anthropic in February to lead the team, will now focus on 'recursive self-improving' AI. Several senior employees tied to safety and long-term AI research have left, including ethics lead Chloé Bakalar, Chief Futurist Josh Achiam and safety chief Johannes Heidecke. Former employee Jan Leike told the Financial Times that OpenAI prioritises 'shiny products' over safety. The changes come as the company prepares for a potential major IPO, with Chief Revenue Officer Denise Holland Dresser and former COO Brad Lightcap also recently announcing departures. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Brad Lightcap, Denise Holland Dresser, Financial Times, Jan Leike, OpenAI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/openai-disbands-preparedness-team-senior-executives-exit/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/openai-disbands-preparedness-team-senior-executives-exit/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/