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Personnel: Paul Christiano at OpenAI (Researcher)

Verdictpartial75%
1 check · 4/9/2026

The source confirms Paul Christiano worked at OpenAI in a leadership role on the language model alignment team, and confirms he is a researcher in AI safety. However, the source does not provide specific start and end dates (2017-01 and 2021-10). The source only states he 'previously' ran the alignment team at OpenAI, which is consistent with the end date of 2021-10, but the start date of 2017-01 cannot be verified from this text. The role description as 'Researcher' is somewhat imprecise given he 'ran' the team (suggesting a leadership position), but this is not a direct contradiction.

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Role
Researcher
Role Type
career
Start Date
January 2017
End Date
October 2021
Is Founder
No
Notes
Led alignment research including RLHF work

Source evidence

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partial75%Haiku 4.5 · 4/9/2026

NoteThe source confirms Paul Christiano worked at OpenAI in a leadership role on the language model alignment team, and confirms he is a researcher in AI safety. However, the source does not provide specific start and end dates (2017-01 and 2021-10). The source only states he 'previously' ran the alignment team at OpenAI, which is consistent with the end date of 2021-10, but the start date of 2017-01 cannot be verified from this text. The role description as 'Researcher' is somewhat imprecise given he 'ran' the team (suggesting a leadership position), but this is not a direct contradiction.

Case № kuFAmSw9P3Filed 4/9/2026Confidence 75%