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The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly dissolving its AGI Readiness team, marking the latest in a series of major division changes as senior advisor Miles Brundage departs the company and voices concerns about the industry’s safety direction.The details:Brundage announced his departure alongside a lengthy blog post about his role, future, and the industry at large. He said that both OpenAI, other labs, and the world in general are not ready to handle increasingly powerful AI systems.Brundage noted that part of the AGI Readiness team will be moving under new Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji, with the rest distributed across other teams.The move follows May's disbanding of the Superalignment team focused on AI control systems, coinciding with prominent safety researchers' exit. Why it matters: For a company that claims to emphasize AI safety, the continued tension, disbanding, and departure of its safety-focused teams certainly sends very mixed signals. But if Brundage’s post is any indication, it's not just OpenAI that is unprepared for what is to come — it’s the entire world.

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