Personnel: John Schulman at OpenAI (Co-founder, Head of Alignment)
The source confirms: (1) person is John Schulman, (2) org is OpenAI, (3) he was a co-founder, (4) startDate is December 2015 (matches 2015-12), and (5) endDate is 2024 (matches 2024-08 range). However, the source does NOT confirm the specific role title 'Head of Alignment.' The source states he 'led the reinforcement learning team' and his move to Anthropic was 'to allow him to deepen his focus on AI alignment,' but it does not explicitly state he held the title 'Head of Alignment' at OpenAI. The record is incomplete regarding the role specification.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- John Schulman
- Role
- Co-founder, Head of Alignment
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- December 2015
- End Date
- August 2024
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Co-founded OpenAI; created PPO algorithm; led alignment research and RLHF efforts; led post-training team
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source confirms: (1) person is John Schulman, (2) org is OpenAI, (3) he was a co-founder, (4) startDate is December 2015 (matches 2015-12), and (5) endDate is 2024 (matches 2024-08 range). However, the source does NOT confirm the specific role title 'Head of Alignment.' The source states he 'led the reinforcement learning team' and his move to Anthropic was 'to allow him to deepen his focus on AI alignment,' but it does not explicitly state he held the title 'Head of Alignment' at OpenAI. The record is incomplete regarding the role specification.