OpenAI’s Safety Head Just Walked. Nobody’s Asking the Right Question.
OpenAI’s safety head departing after a reshuffle isn’t a personnel story — it’s a structural one. By absorbing safety into the product pipeline, OpenAI hasn’t removed oversight; it’s redefined it from a checkpoint into a feature. The question isn’t whether OpenAI cares about safety. It’s whether anyone left has the authority to say ‘stop’ when the launch date is tomorrow.