Jeffrey Wu
Researcher, Superalignment Team · OpenAI · 2024
Evidence reviewed
What happened
Wu says OpenAI’s focus on more powerful models made his work harder to pursue.
Only the departure year is shown because the sources do not agree on a more precise date.
He later left Anthropic to work on slowing AI development and strengthening oversight. He distinguishes his OpenAI departure from its team dissolution.
Correction: Promoted from Context only to Reported connection on 2026-09-10 based on person-specific reporting by The Information. October 8, 2026: added a first-person account, changed the evidence classification to Direct, and revised the concern tags. Reduced the departure date to year precision; the previous exact date is not treated as verified.
Sources
- What Would You Do If Your Employer Could Destroy the World?New York / Asterisk
- Ex-OpenAI staffers file amicus brief opposing the company's for-profit transitionTechCrunch
- OpenAI Removes AI Safety Leader Madry, a Onetime Ally of CEO AltmanThe Information
- OpenAI dissolves team focused on long-term AI safety risksCNBC
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