OpenAI hiring for Economics of Transformative AI, MATS fellowship applications open
Astral Codex Ten · rss · 2026-08-24
The ACX open thread highlights two AI industry updates: 1. OpenAI Foundation is hiring for roles including Head of Econ Lab for transformative AI economics, Program Director for Formal Methods, and officers for High-Burden Diseases and Catalytic Deployment. 2. MATS research fellowship for AI alignment is open for Winter 2027, offering a $6.4k/month stipend and compute budget, with mentors from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI across tracks like Empirical, Theory, and Policy.
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