OpenAI is hiring a $295k–$445k role to prepare for recursive self-improvement safety
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-07-26
OpenAI is hiring a Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety role in San Francisco with a reported salary range of $295,000–$445,000.
The job description suggests the company is preparing for a future where model capabilities are far beyond today’s systems. Responsibilities include:
- building oversight that still works in superhuman-capability regimes
- automated audits for severe misalignment
- studying reward hacking, sandbagging, and scheming
- handling the possible loss of chain-of-thought monitorability
- creating model organisms of dangerous behavior not yet seen in production
- checking compliance with future AI-safety agreements
- tracking progress toward automating OpenAI’s own technical staff
The post argues this is not evidence that recursive self-improvement is already happening, but that OpenAI considers the pathway credible enough to start building monitoring and control systems now.
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