OpenAI Safety Executive Aleksander Madry Leaves Company
Computer scientist Aleksander Madry announced his departure from OpenAI after nearly three years. He had served as head of preparedness before reassignment to AI reasoning work.
pymnts.comComputer scientist Aleksander Madry is leaving OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Madry joined the company in 2024 and served as head of preparedness. His role focused on protecting against catastrophic risks related to frontier AI models. He was later reassigned to a position centered on AI reasoning.
"I want to share that I've decided to leave OpenAI.
I've spent almost three years at OpenAI and, let me tell you, it has been the experience of a lifetime," Madry wrote in a post on X. The announcement provides no further details on his next steps or the reasons for his exit.
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