Top mathematician Tsimerman founds MAISI safety institute, with $10M in OpenAI API credits
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-16
Renowned mathematician Jacob Tsimerman announced he will serve full-time as founding Scientific Director of the Mathematical AI Safety Institute (MAISI), declining a full-time OpenAI role while retaining collaboration. OpenAI will support MAISI with $10M in API credits and access to its latest models, and will join a multi-lab AI safety workshop MAISI is organizing. The independent institute is also in talks with other frontier labs and safety organizations, citing urgent need for AI safety research.
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