OpenAI Foundation has named Paul Christiano to its board, adding a longtime AI alignment researcher to its governance ranks as the organization expands its safety oversight.
The organization reported that Christiano will serve on the Foundation board’s safety and security committee, which oversees safety and security practices across OpenAI, including OpenAI Group PBC. Zico Kolter chairs the committee.
Christiano will take part as an observer rather than a voting member on the OpenAI Group PBC board, and noted that he will recuse himself from OpenAI-related matters and model evaluations in his NIST advisory role.
OpenAI Foundation chair Bret Taylor said, "Paul has helped define the field of AI alignment through work that is rigorous and focused on the hardest questions posed by increasingly capable systems." He added that Christiano’s background in government work on AI standards and his technical judgment are expected to bolster board oversight and the committee’s work.
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