personnel
Tom Henighan — Researcher at OpenAI
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | BMSikJLh2s |
| Source URL | anthropic.com/company |
| 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 | BMSikJLh2s |
personId | Tom Henighan(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Tom Henighan(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Researcher |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2018 |
endDate | 2021-01 |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | anthropic.com/company |
notes | Worked on scaling laws and language model research at OpenAI |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source document is entirely about Anthropic (a different AI company) and contains no information about Tom Henighan or his employment at OpenAI. While the source does discuss personnel and team composition, it only addresses Anthropic's own staff and governance. The claim concerns OpenAI employment, which is a completely different organization not discussed in this source. Therefore, the source cannot confirm, contradict, or address the specific personnel record being verified.
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