OpenAI Researcher Announces Hiring for Misalignment Safety Team

Micah Carroll posted that his OpenAI subteam focused on recursive self-improvement and misalignment preparedness is hiring researchers. The roles center on monitoring, misalignment assessments, monitorability, third-party auditing, and external risk communication. A linked OpenAI careers page lists an open full-time position for Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety Preparedness in San Francisco. Mark Chen, OpenAI's chief research officer, separately posted that many strong researchers are choosing alignment work and that the lab is still hiring. Colleagues including Ethan Perez, Tomek Korbak, and Kai Chen replied with endorsements of the team and the opportunity.