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AI Safety & Policy.
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AI Safety & Policy
OpenAI's Chief Futurist Is Out — And the Safety Brain Drain Continues
Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's chief futurist and a nine-year veteran who championed the company's safety mission, is leaving later this month — continuing a notable pattern of safety-focused departures as OpenAI prepares to go public.
Dispatch desk · Jul 8, 2026
AI Safety & Policy
Alibaba Bans Claude Code Over Backdoor Fears — and the Drama Is Messier Than It Looks
Alibaba is banning Claude Code after reports emerged that Anthropic embedded covert user-identification logic in the tool to flag Chinese users — raising serious trust questions even as Anthropic frames it as routine anti-abuse enforcement.
Dispatch desk · Jul 5, 2026
AI Safety & Policy
