Another OpenAI safety researcher has left the company. In a post on X, Steven Adler called the global race toward AGI a “very risky gamble.” OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler announced on Monday he had left OpenAI late last year after four years at the company.

Adler's comments come at a time when the AI landscape is being reshaped by new players. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, has recently captured headlines with its AI chatbot, showcasing capabilities that rival those of leading Western companies like OpenAI, but at a significantly lower cost of $6 million as opposed to OpenAI's more than $6 billion.

OpenAI has experienced a series of abrupt resignations among its leadership and key personnel since November 2023. From co-founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulman to Jan Leike, the former head of the company’s “Super Alignment” team,