personnel
John Schulman — Co-founder, Head of Alignment at 1LcLlMGLbw
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | Hq7sVuqtnS |
| Source URL | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schulman |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Updated | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Synced | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
Record Data
id | Hq7sVuqtnS |
personId | John Schulman(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | John Schulman(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Co-founder, Head of Alignment |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2015-12 |
endDate | 2024-08 |
isFounder | Yes |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schulman |
notes | Co-founded OpenAI; created PPO algorithm; led alignment research and RLHF efforts; led post-training team |
Source Check Verdicts
partial85% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
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.
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