AI ethicist Jeff Sebo publicly declines recruitment by Anthropic and OpenAI
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-11
NYU AI ethicist Jeff Sebo announced he has again declined recruitment offers from Anthropic and OpenAI. He says turning down equity at this level was a hard call, but he hopes it reinforces the sincerity of his convictions — he has long criticized the labs' safety commitments.
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