OpenAI的伦理部门负责人Chloé Bakalar已于上月离职，目前该职位未被填补[1][2]。Bakalar是公司唯一的专职伦理学家，在2024年8月加入OpenAI，任职不足一年[2]。她的离职是OpenAI自ChatGPT发布后进行的多次组织调整的一部分，同期还有安全系统负责人Johannes Heidecke和首席未来学家Joshua Achiam相继离职[2]。
Bakalar在接受采访时表示："每个人都需要参与对话；不应该只有一个人掌管数十亿美元公司而独断决定什么对所有人都是对的"[2]。对此，OpenAI发言人回应称："AI伦理在OpenAI不由单一所有者或团队负责，伦理考虑深深嵌入到由多个研究团队驱动的模型构建过程中"[2]。Bakalar在加入OpenAI前曾担任Meta首席伦理学家，任期自2021年11月至2025年8月[2]。
Chloé Bakalar, OpenAI's head of ethics and the company's only full-time ethicist, has left her position after less than a year with the organization [2]. Bakalar joined OpenAI in August 2024 and departed last month, with no successor currently named to fill the vacancy [2].
The departure represents a broader reshuffling of OpenAI's leadership structure. Alongside Bakalar's exit, the company also lost Johannes Heidecke, who led safety systems, and Joshua Achiam, the chief futurist [2]. When asked about her decision to leave, Bakalar emphasized the importance of distributed ethical responsibility, stating: "Every person needs to be part of the conversation; it shouldn't just be one person calling the shots at a multibillion-dollar company and deciding what's right for everyone" [2].
OpenAI's leadership has responded to concerns about the ethics gap, with a company spokesman asserting that "AI ethics at OpenAI is not owned by a single owner or team, with ethical considerations deeply embedded in the model-building process driven by multiple research teams" [2]. Prior to joining OpenAI, Bakalar served as Meta's chief ethicist from November 2021 through August 2024 [2].