Former Safety Lead Lilian Weng Returns to OpenAI to Lead RSI

Former OpenAI safety lead Lilian Weng has officially returned to the company after a brief stint co-founding Thinking Machines. In her new role, she will lead research in Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI), focusing on using AI to develop new models.

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