Also known as: OpenAI Inc, OpenAI LP, OpenAI Global LLC
Founded by Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman
OpenAI is the AI research company that brought large language models into mainstream consciousness through ChatGPT. Founded in December 2015 as a non-profit with the mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity, OpenAI has undergone dramatic evolution - from non-profit to "capped-profit," from research lab to produc...
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3Tracks, evaluates, forecasts, and protects against catastrophic risks from frontier AI models. Led by Aleksander Madry (after Leopoldas Aschenbrenner left).
Responsible for content policy, monitoring, and safety tooling for deployed models
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Led by Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. Aimed to solve alignment for superintelligent AI within 4 years using 20% of compute. Dissolved May 2024 after leadership departures.
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CEO of OpenAI since 2019, former Y Combinator president, and central figure in AI development.