Posted Jul 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTCHExternal LinkOpenAI’s chief futurist is leaving the company after nine years.Joshua Achiam, who recently testified in the Musk v. Altman trial, wrote on X that there was “not a specific reason for me leaving, or a specific reason for why now. But it’s something I have been thinking of for a while … it feels possible to work on the mission from outside the walls of a frontier lab.” He added, “The future of humanity depends on the choices we make together about AGI and superintelligence.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Hayden Field
OpenAI’s chief futurist is leaving the company after nine years.
Joshua Achiam, who recently testified in the Musk v. Altman trial, wrote on X that there was “not a specific reason for me leaving, or a specific reason for why now. But it’s something I have been thinking of for a while … it feels possible to work on the mission from outside the walls of a frontier lab.” He added, “The future of humanity depends on the choices we make together about AGI and superintelligence.” [Link: Joshua Achiam (@jachiam0) on X | https://x.com/jachiam0/status/2074605703281693175?s=20 | X (formerly Twitter)]
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