Overview
- OpenAI publicly posted a senior Head of Preparedness role with a listed $555,000 annual base pay that excludes equity.
- This position sits within the Safety Systems team and is tasked with identifying, testing, and reducing potential harms from advanced models.
- Responsibilities include building threat models, running capability evaluations, and developing mitigation strategies for real‑world misuse.
- Altman pointed to 2025 warning signs such as chatbot mental‑health impacts and models that can uncover serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- The hire follows turbulence in OpenAI’s safety ranks, with the post previously held by Aleksander Madry and earlier resignations including Jan Leike.