personnel
Sam McCandlish — Researcher at OpenAI
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | iRYOciFJgA |
| 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 | iRYOciFJgA |
personId | Sam McCandlish(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Sam McCandlish(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Researcher |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2017 |
endDate | 2021-01 |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | anthropic.com/company |
notes | Worked on scaling laws research at OpenAI |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable95% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source document is entirely about Anthropic (an AI safety company) and contains no information about Sam McCandlish or his employment at OpenAI. While the source does discuss AI research and personnel in general terms, it provides no specific data that could confirm or contradict the claimed record about McCandlish's role, dates, or organization. This is a case of wrong source relevance — the source discusses a different organization (Anthropic) and does not address the specific personnel claim about OpenAI.
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