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Zico Kolter
Zico Kolter is a co-founder and chief technical adviser of Gray Swan AI, an AI security and red-teaming startup, and head of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University, where his research centres on AI safety, robustness and alignment. In 2024 he joined OpenAI's board of directors and chairs its safety and security committee.
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Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI board, warning of loss-of-control risk
The RLHF co-inventor and CAISI adviser joins as a non-voting board observer on the Safety and Security Committee, saying he sees a meaningful near-term risk of catastrophic, irreversible loss of control.
Safety & alignment · Labs & people
OpenAI updates safety and security practices after o1 release
The Safety and Security Committee became an independent board oversight body chaired by CMU professor Zico Kolter, with authority to delay model releases.
Safety & alignment · Labs & people