Paul Christiano, Ex-OpenAI Safety Lead and US AI Standards Advisor, Joins OpenAI Foundation Board

rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-10

Per the FT, Paul Christiano has joined the OpenAI Foundation board and its Safety and Security Committee, observing the for-profit board without a vote. He led safety research at OpenAI until 2021 and is a senior tech advisor at the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation. He estimates six months of fully automated AI research could yield more algorithmic progress than the decade since the Transformer.

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