Following the full Board's review, we are now sharing the Safety and Security Committee’s recommendations across five key areas, which we are adopting. These include enhancements we have made to build on our governance, safety, and security practices⁠.

The Safety and Security Committee reviewed the safety and security criteria that OpenAI used to assess OpenAI o1’s⁠ fitness for launch as well as the results of safety evaluations of OpenAI o1. We’re committed to continuously improving our approach to releasing highly capable and safe models, and value the crucial role the Safety and Security Committee will play in shaping OpenAI's future.

The Safety and Security Committee will become an independent Board oversight committee focused on safety and security, to be chaired by Zico Kolter, Director of the Machine Learning Department with the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and including Adam D’Angelo, Quora co-founder and CEO, retired US Army General Paul Nakasone, and Nicole Seligman, former EVP and General Counsel of Sony Corporation. It will oversee, among other things, the safety and security processes guiding OpenAI’s model development and deployment.

The Safety and Security Committee will be briefed by company leadership on safety evaluations for major model releases, and will, along with the full board, exercise oversight over model launches, including having the authority to delay a release until safety concerns are addressed. As part of its work, the Safety and Security Committee and the Board reviewed the safety assessment of the o1 release⁠ and will continue to receive regular reports on technical assessments for current and future models, as well as reports of ongoing post-release monitoring. The Safety and Security Committee will also benefit from regular engagement with representatives from OpenAI’s safety and security teams. Periodic briefings on safety and security matters will also be provided to the full Board.