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Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board
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Paul Christiano will also join the Foundation’s Safety and Security Committee.
Key facts
- Paul brings government experience spanning two administrations through his work at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- From 2017 to 2021, Paul led alignment research at OpenAI and contributed foundational work on reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)
- Paul will also join the Safety and Security Committee (SSC) of the Foundation Board, working alongside its chair, Zico Kolter
- The Foundation controls OpenAI Group PBC, with the Safety and Security Committee a committee of the Foundation Board
Summary
They're announcing the appointment of Paul Christiano to the OpenAI Foundation Board. Paul will also join the Safety and Security Committee (SSC) of the Foundation Board, working alongside its chair, Zico Kolter. Paul brings government experience spanning two administrations through his work at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he is a Senior Tech Advisor 1. Paul is also the founder of the Alignment Research Center (ARC), a nonprofit research organization focused on aligning advanced AI systems with human interests. AI is entering a new era of capability, making it increasingly important that advances in these systems are accompanied by strong safety, security, alignment and governance.