OpenAI Reassigns AI Safety Leader Aleksander Mądry to Bigger Role Amid Personnel Changes

Jul 23, 2024, 08:05 PM

OpenAI has removed Aleksander Mądry from his role as the head of the AI safety preparedness team. Mądry, who was responsible for evaluating AI models for catastrophic risks, has been reassigned to a new role within the research organization focusing on AI reasoning. This move is part of a broader series of personnel changes within OpenAI, which has seen several safety-focused researchers depart recently. The reassignment of Mądry, a professor at MIT and a onetime ally of CEO Sam Altman, to a bigger role could attract scrutiny from federal regulators.