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.

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.

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.

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, has revealed plans to significantly overhaul the company’s current nonprofit-based organizational structure, the Fortune reported.[1] During an internal meeting with OpenAI's team,

OpenAI has significantly revamped its safety and security practices, introducing a new independent board oversight committee. This major shift marks a departure from the previous structure, with CEO Sam Altman no longer a member of the safety committee.