Former OpenAI Safety Lead Jan Leike Joins Rival Anthropic

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Jan Leike, former AI safety lead at OpenAI, has joined Anthropic to head a new "superalignment" team focused on AI safety and security. Leike's team will work on scalable oversight, weak-to-strong generalization, and automated alignment research, reporting directly to Anthropic's chief science officer, Jared Kaplan. This move highlights Anthropic's commitment to AI safety, contrasting with OpenAI's more commercial focus.
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