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Personnel: Paul Christiano at OpenAI (Researcher)

Verdictpartial75%
1 check · 5/1/2026

1 → partial

Our claim

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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

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partial75%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%