No, this is wrong. To quote: "To be effective at addressing AGI's impact on society, OpenAI must be on the cutting edge of AI capabilities -- policy and safety

No, this is wrong. To quote: "To be effective at addressing AGI's impact on society, OpenAI must be on the cutting edge of AI capabilities -- policy and safety advocacy alone would be insufficient." OpenAI definitely don't plan to do less traditional AI research. What they plan to do is to publish less.