personnel
Alec Radford — Research Scientist at OpenAI
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | 4-1cNJR8dD |
| Source URL | openai.com/ |
| Parent | OpenAI |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 24, 2026, 8:45 PM |
| Updated | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Synced | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
Record Data
id | 4-1cNJR8dD |
personId | Alec Radford(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Alec Radford(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Research Scientist |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2016 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | openai.com/ |
notes | Lead researcher on GPT-2, CLIP, DALL-E, and Whisper; one of OpenAI's most prolific technical contributors |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source text is a Wayback Machine capture of OpenAI's public homepage showing recent news and research articles. It contains no personnel directory, staff listings, or biographical information about Alec Radford. While the source confirms OpenAI exists as an organization, it does not address any of the specific claims about Alec Radford's employment, role, or start date. This information would typically be found on a staff/team page or personnel directory, which is not present in the provided source material.
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