Lennart Ohlsson joins OpenAI Foundation to lead 'AI Resources' initiative
ohlennart · x · 2026-08-19
Lennart Ohlsson announced joining the OpenAI Foundation to lead the "AI Resources" initiative. The project aims to leverage rapidly increasing AI capabilities to address society's most critical challenges, effectively directing the "country of geniuses in a datacenter" towards high-leverage interventions. The team will focus on preparing this AI workforce and deploying it effectively under various future AI scenarios. They are hiring broadly across the Foundation, AI Resilience, and the AI Resources team.
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