personnel
Leopold Aschenbrenner — Researcher, Superalignment Team at 1LcLlMGLbw
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | b8QYRrOAJp |
| Source URL | situational-awareness.ai/ |
| 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 | b8QYRrOAJp |
personId | Leopold Aschenbrenner(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Leopold Aschenbrenner(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Researcher, Superalignment Team |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2023 |
endDate | 2024-04 |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | situational-awareness.ai/ |
notes | Worked on OpenAI's superalignment team; fired in April 2024 after raising security concerns internally |
Source Check Verdicts
partial75% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source confirms Leopold Aschenbrenner worked at OpenAI (past tense: 'used to work'), and the essay heavily discusses superalignment, which aligns with the claimed role. However, the source does not explicitly confirm his title as 'Researcher' or his specific assignment to the 'Superalignment Team.' The document is dated June 2024, which is consistent with an end date of April 2024 (he may have left shortly before publication). The start date of 2023 is not addressed in the source. The core facts (person, org, general field) are confirmed, but specific role details and dates are not explicitly stated.
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Source ID: b8QYRrOAJp