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Chris Olah — Researcher at OpenAI

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Source URLen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Olah
ParentOpenAI
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CreatedMar 24, 2026, 11:01 PM
UpdatedMar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM
SyncedMar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM

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personIdChris Olah(person)
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personEntityIdChris Olah(person)
personDisplayName
orgEntityIdOpenAI(organization)
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roleResearcher
roleTypecareer
startDate2018
endDate2021-01
isFounderNo
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sourceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Olah
notesResearcher at OpenAI before co-founding Anthropic

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unverifiable85% confidence

Last checked: 4/9/2026

The Wikipedia source confirms that Chris Olah is a machine learning researcher who worked at OpenAI (listed among his institutions and mentioned in career narrative). However, the source does not provide specific dates for when he started (2018) or ended (2021-01) his employment at OpenAI. The source only states he 'has worked on interpretability research at Google Brain, OpenAI, and Anthropic' without temporal specificity. The person, organization, and role are confirmed, but the startDate and endDate fields cannot be verified from this source.

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