Lilian Weng
VP of Research and Safety · OpenAI · 2024
Led an 80+ person safety systems team. Departed after 7 years. Her exit marked the latest in a long string of safety researcher departures.Safety Deprioritization
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VP of Research and Safety · OpenAI · 2024
Led an 80+ person safety systems team. Departed after 7 years. Her exit marked the latest in a long string of safety researcher departures.Safety Deprioritization
Senior Advisor for AGI Readiness · OpenAI · 2024
Said 'Neither OpenAI nor any other frontier lab is ready' for AGI. Noted OpenAI placed increasingly restrictive limits on what he could publish. The AGI Readiness team was disbanded after his departure.AGI Risk Underestimation
Head of Preparedness Team · OpenAI · 2024
Removed from leadership of the Preparedness team without public announcement. Reassigned to AI reasoning work. The Preparedness team was formed in Dec 2023 to evaluate catastrophic risks.Safety Deprioritization
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Departed after the Superalignment team was dissolved.Team Dissolution
Co-Lead, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Said 'safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products' at OpenAI. Resigned the day after Sutskever. Joined Anthropic to continue alignment work.Safety Deprioritization
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist · OpenAI · 2024
Co-led the Superalignment team and was involved in the attempted board ouster of Sam Altman in Nov 2023. After the board crisis resolved in Altman's favor, Sutskever departed and founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI).Alignment Research Gaps
Safety Researcher · OpenAI · 2024
Departed amid the broader safety staff exodus.Safety Deprioritization
Safety Researcher · OpenAI · 2024
Departed amid the broader safety staff exodus.Safety Deprioritization
Safety Researcher · OpenAI · 2024
Departed amid the broader Superalignment team exodus.Safety Deprioritization
Safety Researcher · OpenAI · 2024
Departed amid the broader Superalignment team exodus.Safety Deprioritization
Senior Engineering Manager, ML Ethics Team · Twitter · 2022
Laid off when Elon Musk eliminated the entire ~20-person META (ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability) team. Stated publicly: 'The team that was researching and pushing for algorithmic transparency and algorithmic choice... is gone.'Team Dissolution
Director of ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability · Twitter · 2022
Laid off by Elon Musk during mass Twitter layoffs. Her entire ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability (META) team was eliminated. Had been building algorithmic fairness tools. Called the dissolution 'a loss for the industry.'Team Dissolution
Director of Responsible Innovation · Meta · 2022
Left before Meta formally disbanded the Responsible Innovation Team in September 2022. The team had advised product teams on potential harms across societal issues. He was Meta's first-ever Director of Responsible Innovation.Team Dissolution
Software Engineer, Ethical AI Team · Google · 2022
Departed alongside Alex Hanna to join Timnit Gebru's DAIR Institute as Director of Research. The dismissals of Gebru and Margaret Mitchell weighed heavily on his decision to leave.Whistleblower Retaliation
Research Scientist, Ethical AI Team · Google · 2022
Resigned from Google's Ethical AI team after the firings of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell. Said the company was not serious about ethical AI research. Joined Gebru's DAIR Institute.Whistleblower Retaliation
Product Manager, Civic Integrity Team · Meta · 2021
Leaked tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents to the SEC and Wall Street Journal, revealing that Meta knew its algorithms amplified hate speech and harmed teen mental health. Testified before Congress. The Civic Integrity team was dissolved after the 2020 election.Whistleblower Retaliation
Co-Lead, Ethical AI Team · Google · 2021
Fired after searching company emails for evidence of discrimination related to Timnit Gebru's ouster. Google cited violations of security policies.Whistleblower Retaliation
Engineering Director, User Safety · Google · 2021
Resigned after 16 years at Google in protest of Timnit Gebru's firing. Said her exit 'extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler' and added: 'We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous absence of many voices from within our walls.'Whistleblower Retaliation
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