personnel
Collin Burns — Researcher at OpenAI
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | UmoIbn4FJb |
| 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 | UmoIbn4FJb |
personId | Collin Burns(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Collin Burns(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Researcher |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2024 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | openai.com/ |
notes | Joined OpenAI after completing PhD at Berkeley |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source is a Wayback Machine capture of OpenAI's public homepage. While it confirms OpenAI exists as an organization, it does not contain any information about personnel, staff rosters, or specific employees like Collin Burns. A homepage would not typically list individual researchers. To verify this personnel record, a source that explicitly discusses Collin Burns' employment at OpenAI (such as a staff directory, research paper author bio, LinkedIn profile, or news article) would be required. The absence of this information in the source does not contradict the claim—it simply does not address it.
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