Index
Personnel: Paul Christiano at OpenAI (Researcher)
Verdictpartial75%
1 check · 5/1/20261 → partial
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Paul Christiano
- Role
- Researcher
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- January 2017
- End Date
- October 2021
- Is Founder
- No
- Notes
- Led alignment research including RLHF work
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkpartial75%Haiku 4.5 · 5/1/2026
NoteThe source confirms Paul Christiano worked at OpenAI in a research capacity (specifically running the language model alignment team), which aligns with the 'Researcher' role claim. However, the source does not provide the specific dates (2017-01 start, 2021-10 end). The source uses past tense ('previously ran'), confirming he is no longer at OpenAI, which is consistent with the 2021-10 end date, but the exact dates cannot be verified from this text. The person and organization match, and the role type is confirmed, but the temporal specificity is unverifiable from the source provided.
Case № kuFAmSw9P3Filed 5/1/2026Confidence 75%