Aleksander Madry returns to OpenAI, saying his exit was a sabbatical

3 people · 5 posts · first post Mon 17:17 UTC · latest 3h ago

Aleksander Madry, who left OpenAI a few months ago, announces he is returning to the company, saying what he thought was a departure became a sabbatical and citing "where AI is headed" as the reason. Dean Ball and Boaz Barak welcome him back. The announcement gives no safety-specific role.

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1. @deanwball policy · Mon 17:44 UTC
   Very happy to see Aleks re-join the OpenAI team!
   Personal update: Turns out that what I thought was leaving OpenAI became more of a sabbatical. When I left a few months ago, I felt that the most important thing to focus on was making AI more useful to people. But we’ve since entered a different regime of AI progress. One in which getting the safety and security challenges of increasingly capable AI right has to become a central priority. So I’ll be returning to OpenAI, joining @merettm to help chart a path through these challenges. There’s much work to do, so let’s get going. open on X
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2. @boazbaraktcs lab · Mon 18:12 UTC
   So great to have you back!!
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