  OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission (November 2025)

https://theconversation.com/openai-has-deleted-the-word-safe...

Thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008560

Other words removed:

   responsibly
   unconstrained
   safe
   positive

▲ sheept an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The headline implies they selectively removed the word "safely," but that doesn't seem to be the case.

From the thread you linked, there's a diff of mission statements over the years[0], which reveals that "safely" (which was only added 2 years prior) was removed only because they completely rewrote the statement into a single, terse sentence.

There could be stronger evidence to prove if OpenAI is deemphasizing safety, but this isn't one.

[0]: https://gist.github.com/simonw/e36f0e5ef4a86881d145083f759bc...

	▲	Der_Einzige 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Scam Altman wants to add NSFW outputs as soon as possible. Platonic representation hypothesis means that training on porn = bad code and vice versa. They’ll go down to the path of grok and thus be DOA for enterprises in this pursuit.

▲ notJim 6 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

They also removed the words build, develop, deploy, and technology, indicating that they're no longer a tech company and don't make products anymore. Wonder what they're all gonna do now?