OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI 安全部门负责人即将离职
OpenAI’s head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, told staff this week that he’s leaving the company, WIRED has learned. Heidecke’s departure follows a reorganization that sought to integrate OpenAI’s safety and research teams.
据《连线》（WIRED）获悉，OpenAI 安全系统负责人约翰内斯·海德克（Johannes Heidecke）本周告知员工，他即将离开公司。海德克的离职正值公司进行重组之际，此次重组旨在将 OpenAI 的安全团队与研究团队进行整合。
In a memo to staff seen by WIRED, chief research officer Mark Chen said OpenAI’s safety teams will now report to the company’s VP of research and head of alignment Mia Glaese, who will take on an expanded role as VP of research and safety. Saachi Jain, who previously led safety teams at OpenAI, will become the company’s interim head of safety systems, reporting to Glaese.
在一份被《连线》看到的内部备忘录中，首席研究官马克·陈（Mark Chen）表示，OpenAI 的安全团队今后将向公司研究副总裁兼对齐负责人米娅·格莱斯（Mia Glaese）汇报，后者将担任研究与安全副总裁，职责范围进一步扩大。此前曾领导 OpenAI 安全团队的萨奇·贾恩（Saachi Jain）将出任公司安全系统临时负责人，并向格莱斯汇报。
“The demands on safety continue to increase—we are training models at a much faster cadence, and release cycles have come down greatly in turn,” said Chen in the memo. “As a result, we have bigger coordination challenges around safety today than ever before.”
“安全需求在持续增长——我们训练模型的节奏快得多，相应的发布周期也大幅缩短，”陈在备忘录中写道，“因此，我们在安全协调方面面临着前所未有的巨大挑战。”
Heidecke joined OpenAI in 2021 as an AI safety analyst. He took over as the company’s head of safety systems in 2024, after the previous head, Lilian Weng, left to cofound Thinking Machines Lab with other OpenAI researchers.
海德克于 2021 年加入 OpenAI，担任人工智能安全分析师。2024 年，在前任负责人莉莲·翁（Lilian Weng）离职并与其他 OpenAI 研究人员共同创立 Thinking Machines Lab 后，他接任了公司安全系统负责人的职位。
“We’re grateful for Johannes’ contributions to OpenAI,” said Chen in a statement to WIRED. “It’s important that our safety work is integrated with frontier-model development, with an earlier and more direct role in shaping key model, product, and launch decisions. We’re excited for this next chapter under Mia Glaese’s leadership across research and safety.”
“我们感谢约翰内斯为 OpenAI 做出的贡献，”陈在给《连线》的一份声明中表示，“将我们的安全工作与前沿模型开发相结合至关重要，这能让我们在塑造关键模型、产品和发布决策时发挥更早、更直接的作用。我们对米娅·格莱斯领导下的研究与安全新篇章感到兴奋。”
Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to launch increasingly capable AI models. Earlier this week, the company launched GPT-5.6, its most capable model to date on agentic coding tasks. However, compared to previous models, OpenAI says GPT-5.6 showed concerning forms of misaligned behavior.
海德克的离职正值 OpenAI 试图推出能力更强的 AI 模型之际。本周早些时候，该公司发布了 GPT-5.6，这是其迄今为止在智能体编码任务上能力最强的模型。然而，OpenAI 表示，与之前的模型相比，GPT-5.6 表现出了一些令人担忧的对齐偏差行为。
Heidecke is the latest safety-focused leader to depart from OpenAI in recent days. Earlier this week, OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, also told colleagues he would leave the company after nine years researching safety.
海德克是近期离开 OpenAI 的又一位专注于安全领域的领导者。本周早些时候，OpenAI 的首席未来学家约书亚·阿奇姆（Joshua Achiam）也告知同事，在从事了九年安全研究后，他将离开公司。
It’s also not just OpenAI’s safety teams that are changing. Earlier this week, OpenAI’s CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo told staff she would step down from her role after an extended medical leave. The company said that Greg Brockman would continue leading OpenAI’s product teams, which he had been assigned to do in her absence, but would also take on go-to-market strategy as well.
发生变动的不仅仅是 OpenAI 的安全团队。本周早些时候，OpenAI 的 AGI 部署首席执行官菲吉·西莫（Fidji Simo）告知员工，在延长病假后，她将卸任该职位。公司表示，格雷格·布罗克曼（Greg Brockman）将继续领导 OpenAI 的产品团队（他在西莫休假期间已接手该工作），并将同时负责市场进入策略。