Jan Leike — Description: German AI safety researcher; VP of Alignment Science at Anthropic since 2024 after leaving OpenAI, where he co-led the Superalignment team with Ilya Sutskever. His research focuses on scalable oversight, recursive reward modeling, and AI alignment. Prominent public voice on AI safety resource allocation.

NoteThe source confirms: (1) Jan Leike is a German AI alignment researcher (born 1986/1987, educated at University of Freiburg); (2) he joined Anthropic in May 2024 after leaving OpenAI; (3) he co-led the Superalignment team with Ilya Sutskever at OpenAI; (4) he is a prominent public voice on AI safety (featured in Time's 100 most influential AI personalities in 2023 and 2024). However, the source does NOT confirm: (1) his specific title as 'VP of Alignment Science at Anthropic' — the Wikipedia article only states he 'joined Anthropic' without specifying a title; (2) his specific research focus areas (scalable oversight, recursive reward modeling) are not mentioned in the source. The claim's 'as of 2026-04' date is also beyond the source's last update (2024), making some aspects unverifiable for that future date. The core facts are confirmed but the specific current role and research focus areas are not addressed by the source.