Why Did Another OpenAI Safety Insider Quit?

An ex-OpenAI safety staffer quit, saying AI labs needed to get it right the first time. Plus, Western open-weight models were coming, Meta's Muse kept a page on everyone you know, SpaceXAI got renamed SpaceXSI, and Apple tightened Full Disk Access. David Robinson, ex-OpenAI safety and policy: SV lacks a safety-centric culture; labs must study other fields' safety approaches; time for trial and error's over (The Atlantic) OpenAI safety employee David Robinson quits, says AI firms should be run like nuclear power plants, with layers of redundancy; OpenAI says it is strengthening security in its testing environments (Bloomberg) Sources: several Western open-weight models are set to launch this month, including Reflection AI's first model, which will rival top Chinese open-weight models (Axios) Reflection AI's first open-weight model is a test of CEO Misha Laskin's plan to sell enterprises and governments "AI factories," backed by SpaceX and Nebius compute deals (RunTimeWire) Extracted system prompts show Meta's Muse compiles "a page for every person in the user's life", with facts, history, tips to improve relationships, and more (Wired) In an X reply, Elon Musk says that SpaceX will rename its AI unit SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Trump's push to replace "artificial" intelligence with "super" (Reuters) Musk's SpaceXSI rebrand follows Trump's September 29 executive order directing federal agencies to use "super intelligence" and "SI" in place of "artificial intelligence" and "AI" (Quartz) Apple says it is adding additional controls around "Full Disk Access" on macOS as AI agents have increased "the risks associated with this level of access" (TechCrunch) Billionaires Index: tech billionaires account for all of the $845B in wealth gains so far in 2026; those whose fortunes came from outside tech lost $62B total (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Download Cash App Today: ⁠https://cash.app/ ⁠#CashAppPartner. Terms apply. Bitcoin services by Block, Inc. See the Bitcoin disclosures at cash.app/legal/podcast