Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board

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Paul Christiano will also join the Foundation’s Safety and Security Committee.

We’re announcing the appointment of Paul Christiano to the OpenAI Foundation Board. He will be a non-voting observer on the OpenAI Group PBC Board.

Paul will also join the Safety and Security Committee (SSC) of the Foundation Board, working alongside its chair, Zico Kolter. The SSC provides governance over safety and security practices across all of OpenAI, including OpenAI Group PBC.

Paul brings government experience spanning two administrations through his work at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation⁠ (CAISI) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he is a Senior Tech Advisor1. During his time at CAISI and its predecessor, the U.S.

AI Safety Institute, Paul has worked on evaluating frontier AI models, including capabilities with national security implications, and on approaches to mitigating associated safety and security