When the Safety Gatekeeper Walks Out: What David Robinson’s OpenAI Resignation Tells Us About AI’s Broken Culture
Reading Time: 5 minutesDavid Robinson, who wrote the safety reports for every major OpenAI model release, has resigned and published an editorial arguing that the AI industry’s culture is fundamentally broken — not fixable by adding new rules. His departure raises serious questions about whether safety documentation at leading AI labs reflects genuine constraint or sophisticated compliance theatre.