OpenAI has reassigned its artificial intelligence (AI) safety leader Aleksander Madry to a "bigger role within the research organization", The Information reported on Tuesday.

Madry set up the AI company's Preparedness team last year to evaluate AI models for "catastrophic risks" before making them available to the public, the report said.

OpenAI researcher Tejal Patwardhan will now manage much of the work of the Preparedness team, the report added, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Madry's reassignment comes at a time when OpenAI's chatbots, which can engage in human-like conversations and create videos and images based on text prompts, have become increasingly powerful and have stirred safety concerns.

Earlier this year, the Microsoft-backed company formed a Safety and Security Committee to be led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman, in the run-up to its training of its next artificial intelligence model.

OpenAI and Madry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

  - Reuters