In what has become a troubling tradition for OpenAI, another safety researcher working on ChatGPT and other AI products has quit.

Senior OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler quits, warning of "terrifying" pace of AI development and insufficient safeguards against catastrophic risks.

OpenAI has experienced a series of abrupt resignations among its leadership and key personnel since November 2023. From co-founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulman to Jan Leike, the former head of the company’s “Super Alignment” team,

Adler's comments come at a time when the AI landscape is being reshaped by new players. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, has recently captured headlines with its AI chatbot, showcasing capabilities that rival those of leading Western companies like OpenAI, but at a significantly lower cost of $6 million as opposed to OpenAI's more than $6 billion.

“IMO, an AGI race is a very risky gamble, with huge downside,” Adler shared in his announcement on X. “No lab has a solution to AI alignment today. And the faster we race, the less likely that anyone finds one in time.”

Another OpenAI safety researcher has left the company. In a post on X, Steven Adler called the global race toward AGI a “very risky gamble.” OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler announced on Monday he had left OpenAI late last year after four years at the company.