Jan Leike
Joins Anthropic as Lead, superalignment team · May 28, 2024 · News
Why, in the source's words
Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety, has joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to lead a new “superalignment” team.
Also at these companies
| Date | Person | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Jacob CoxonDepartedAnthropicNext role not statedOther | AnthropicPretraining researcherNext role not stated | Other | |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Alexander PritzelPoached GoogleAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jonas AdlerPoachedGoogleAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| Jun 20, 2026 | John JumperPoached DeepMindAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| May 19, 2026 | Andrej KarpathyAppointedNot statedAnthropicOther | Not stated AnthropicPre-training team | Other | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Irina GhoseAppointed MicrosoftAnthropicOther | Other |
About this move
- Type
- Poached
- Role
- Other
- Announced
- May 28, 2024
- Effective
- Not stated
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Checked
- Found by the daily agent, approved by hand
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