The tech leader encouraged high school students to think about taking calculated risks in their future careers. "Most things are not a one-way door," he said.

The controversial CEO has stepped away from his role steering the company's AI safety guidelines to let third-party experts drive transparency, collaboration, and security going forward.

OpenAI 's internal safety committee is becoming an independent oversight body, as CEO Sam Altman leaves the group's top leadership role. The announcement came as part of the results of a 90-day evaluation by the existing Altman-chaired Safety and Security Committee into the company's AI safeguards and governance.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has departed the company's safety commission in an attempt to allay critics who questioned the group's impartiality.

OpenAI is transforming its internal safety committee into an “independent” oversight board, the company said in a blog post on Monday. The ChatGPT-maker also said that the so-called Safety and Security Committee will be chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter.

CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has stepped down from the oversight committee created to look at company’s creations from a safety angle.

OpenAI just announced the members of its revamped Safety and Security Committee. CEO Sam Altman is no longer on the list.

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Monday its safety committee will oversee security and safety processes for the company's artificial intelligence model development and deployment, as an independent body.