Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and other top AI companies complain of mental strain over working on …

Employees working at leading artificial intelligence (AI) labs and evaluation companies are reportedly facing increasing mental distress, driven by fears that the powerful software they are engineering may inflict widespread harm on society. At the UK’s AI Security Institute (Aisi), which is regarded globally as a leading independent evaluation center for frontier models, multiple staff members have taken stress leave and entered counseling, The Financial Times reported, citing individuals familiar with the matter. Further, the publication reported that compressed evaluation timelines for unreleased software, paired with unease over rapid commercial deployments have led to burnout and deteriorating morale inside the agency.

Mental stress no limited to evaluation companies