OpenAI Recruiting ‘Head of Preparedness’ To Tackle Evolving AI

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00:00Open AI Recruiting Head of Preparedness to Tackle Evolving AI

00:04Open AI is hiring a senior role to help the company prepare for the risks that come with

00:09artificial intelligence getting more powerful. The new head of preparedness will lead a team

00:14that studies worst-case scenarios. They will test safety measures and try to ensure that

00:19the company runs powerful systems responsibly. The job reflects growing concern inside the

00:24industry about harms ranging from mental health impacts to misuse of cyber and biological tools.

00:31Open AI is hiring for head of preparedness as AI evolves. Open AI says the role will lead the

00:38preparedness team, which the company formed in 2023. It will focus on catastrophic risks and

00:44the safety of systems that can improve themselves. The company has framed the job as urgent and

00:50demanding. As CEO, Sam Altman wrote on X, we are hiring a head of preparedness. This is a critical

00:57role at an important time. He added that models are now capable of many great things, but they are

01:02also starting to present some real challenges. The team will clearly measure growing AI capabilities

01:08and determine how bad actors could abuse them. Altman called out specific areas of concern such

01:13as models' effects on mental health. He also discussed models' ability to find serious computer

01:18security flaws. The potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of

01:23in 2025. We are just now seeing models get so good at computer security that they are beginning to find

01:29critical vulnerabilities, he wrote. Open AI will ask the head of preparedness to balance enabling

01:35defenders while stopping attackers from using the same tools. Open AI is offering a huge compensation

01:41package for the role, roughly $550,000 a year plus equity. It reflects how senior and specialized the job

01:48is. The company says the post will be stressful and will require jumping into the deep end pretty much

01:53immediately.