Aleksander Madry returns to OpenAI to work on AI safety and security
Madry says he will join Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki after concluding that increasingly capable AI demands a stronger focus on safety.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Madry returns with prior experience leading OpenAI's Preparedness team just as the company is describing safety and security risks that extend from model evaluations into training environments and tool use.
Aleksander Madry is returning to OpenAI, a few months after leaving, to work with Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki on the safety and security risks of increasingly capable AI. In a post on X on October 19th, Madry described his departure as having become a sabbatical and said he had changed his view of what the field most urgently needed.…
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