03:11 PM EDT, 05/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add details in the second, third and fourth paragraphs, and attempt to reach OpenAI in the fifth paragraph.)

Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI dissolved its team that focused on the long-term risks posed by artificial intelligence just a year after announcing the group, according to media reports on Friday.

The move followed the departure of the team's leaders, Jan Leike and OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, media reports said.

Some of the team members are being transferred to multiple other teams within OpenAI, CNBC reported, citing a person familiar with the situation.

OpenAI is now integrating the team across its research efforts rather than maintaining it as a standalone entity, OpenAI told Bloomberg.

OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment by MT Newswires.

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