Clayton named AI czar OpenAI ex-staffer warns

Oct 3

Goodman reports Trump's Sunday appointment of Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar and leader of a new Super Intelligence Force coordinating federal AI development. In the connected context she describes senior OpenAI safety employee David Robinson's resignation and reads his Atlantic essay criticizing the company's culture and pace of launches, arguing that frontier-AI developers have not been careful enough. She briefly recalls a canceled upcoming model release and a pause in training the most powerful models. Robinson's criticism remains his account; the brief does not announce a restart or a replacement model release.

David Robinson publicly criticizes OpenAI's culture in an Atlantic essay explaining his resignation. Democracy Now describes his senior safety role and reads his criticism that frontier-AI companies are not careful enough and sprint from launch to launch without time for deeper change. His resignation's precise effective date is not established by the broadcast; October 3 dates the public essay.