The Loop  ·  Issue N°040

The Loop

A field journal of the AI frontier — for engineers who ship.

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#Catastrophic Risk

  1. · News

    The safety committee got a Christiano on the day GPT-6 Astra shipped — OpenAI added the industry's most-cited catastrophic-risk researcher to its Foundation Board while the flagship reached enterprise general availability

    OpenAI put Paul Christiano on the Safety and Security Committee on the same day GPT-6 Astra reached enterprise general availability. His announcement quote said the industry, including OpenAI, is not on track to reduce catastrophic risk.

    Sep 10, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor

  2. · News

    The team was shut down seven days before the framework tripped — OpenAI dissolved its Preparedness unit at the end of July 2026, the third safety team to go in two years, then paused Astra under the framework the team used to run

    On August 16 the Financial Times reported OpenAI dissolved its Preparedness team at the end of July 2026 — the group that ran the framework that tripped seven days later on Astra. Third safety unit OpenAI has closed in two years, ahead of a pre-IPO restructure.

    Aug 18, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor