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Division: Superalignment

Verdictpartial85%
1 check · 4/24/2026

The source confirms three of four key fields: name ('Superalignment'), type ('team'), and implicitly the existence of the division. However, the source is from July 2023 and announces the team's creation with a four-year goal. The claim states status: 'dissolved', but the source text does not address whether the team was subsequently dissolved. The source is a founding announcement, not a retrospective account of the team's dissolution. Without a source that explicitly confirms the dissolution or provides a date when it occurred, the 'dissolved' status cannot be confirmed from this text alone. This is a temporal mismatch issue: the source documents the team's establishment, not its later dissolution. The claim's status field is unverifiable from this source.

Our claim

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Parent Org
OpenAI
Name
Superalignment
Division Type
team
Status
dissolved
Start Date
July 2023
End Date
May 2024
Notes
Co-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. Jan Leike listed as lead.

Source evidence

1 src · 1 check
partial85%Haiku 4.5 · 4/24/2026

NoteThe source confirms three of four key fields: name ('Superalignment'), type ('team'), and implicitly the existence of the division. However, the source is from July 2023 and announces the team's creation with a four-year goal. The claim states status: 'dissolved', but the source text does not address whether the team was subsequently dissolved. The source is a founding announcement, not a retrospective account of the team's dissolution. Without a source that explicitly confirms the dissolution or provides a date when it occurred, the 'dissolved' status cannot be confirmed from this text alone. This is a temporal mismatch issue: the source documents the team's establishment, not its later dissolution. The claim's status field is unverifiable from this source.

Case № GWDtsKGrzxFiled 4/24/2026Confidence 85%
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