OpenAI hired an Anthropic safety researcher to fill the role of head of preparedness amid rising AI safety concerns.<\/p>\n
OpenAI hired an Anthropic safety researcher to fill the role of head of preparedness amid rising AI safety concerns. Mandel Ngan\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
OpenAI hired an Anthropic safety researcher to fill the role of head of preparedness amid rising AI safety concerns. Mandel Ngan\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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OpenAI has filled a key safety role by hiring from a rival lab.<\/p>\n
The company has brought on Dylan Scandinaro, a former AI safety researcher at Anthropic, as its new head of preparedness, a role that carries a salary of up to $555,000 plus equity. The role caught attention last month thanks to its eye-catching pay package amid OpenAI’s rising AI safety concerns.<\/p>\n
Sam Altman announced the move in a post on X on Wednesday, saying that he is “extremely excited” to welcome Scandinaro to OpenAI.<\/p>\n
“Things are about to move quite fast and we will be working with extremely powerful models soon,” Altman wrote.<\/p>\n
“Dylan will lead our efforts to prepare for and mitigate these severe risks. He is by far the best candidate I have met, anywhere, for this role,” he added.<\/p>\n
Scandinaro said in a post on X on Wednesday about his move that he’s “deeply grateful for my time at Anthropic and the extraordinary people I worked alongside.”<\/p>\n
“AI is advancing rapidly. The potential benefits are great \u2014 and so are the risks of extreme and even irrecoverable harm,” he added.<\/p>\n
Last month, Altman described the job as “stressful.”<\/p>\n
“You’ll jump into the deep end almost immediately,” he wrote on X.<\/p>\n
In the job posting, OpenAI said the role is best suited for someone who can lead technical teams, make high-stakes calls under uncertainty, and align competing stakeholders around safety decisions. The company also said candidates should have deep expertise in machine learning, AI safety, and related risk areas.<\/p>\n
Tensions have arisen over OpenAI’s approach to safety. Several early employees \u2014 including a former head of its safety team \u2014 have left the company in recent years.<\/p>\n
OpenAI has also faced lawsuits from users who allege its tools contributed to harmful behavior.<\/p>\n
In October, the company said that some ChatGPT users had shown possible signs of mental health distress. An estimated 560,000 users a week show “possible signs of mental health emergencies,” it said.<\/p>\n
The company also said it was consulting mental health specialists to refine how the chatbot responds when users show signs of psychological distress or unhealthy dependence.<\/p>\n
Correction: February 5, 2026 \u2014 An earlier version of this story misspelled Dylan Scandinaro’s last name.<\/p>\n
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