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Morning Edition · Thursday, August 13, 2026Published at 2:26 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Loses Its Only Dedicated Ethicist and Does Not Plan to Replace Her
Chloé Bakalar left in July after less than a year, the third senior safety-adjacent departure the company has absorbed without an announcement.
Chloé Bakalar, who led ethics work at OpenAI, left the company in July after less than a year in the role. The departure was not announced. The Financial Times reported it, and the Russian-language channel AI ML Big Data relayed the account…
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