Fake OpenAI job listing for a $5M 'Taste Tester' for Sam's meals goes viral
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-10-18
A Reddit post titled 'wtf is going on at OpenAI' shares a viral screenshot of a fake OpenAI Careers page listing a 'Chief of Staff, Taste Tester' role in the Office of the CEO, San Francisco only (remote not offered). The description reads: 'we just need you to taste test Sam's meals before he eats them to make sure they're not poisoned or whatever. We'll pay you like $5M.'
The X post by @polydaic drew 143K views. It's a satirical AI-community meme mocking OpenAI's executive hiring pages and Sam Altman's public image—entirely fictional.
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