Paul Christiano
Vintage: 2026-09. Primary evidence is official @OpenAI plus the fetched issuer appointment page in 2026-09-09-afternoon-x-anthropic-cyber-incident-alignment-assessment (
method: grok-bot;x_video: false). Not a diarized source — claims are source-attributed; notperson_entity.py. Do not invent a bio beyond this clip.
Paul Christiano
One-line summary: Founder of the Alignment Research Center; NIST CAISI Senior Tech Advisor; on 9 Sep 2026 appointed to the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, plus non-voting observer on the OpenAI Group PBC Board.
What it is
Named in the official OpenAI appointment. Issuer bio: previously led alignment at OpenAI (2017–2021) including RLHF work. Full event treatment: openai-christiano-foundation-board. Not a lab SKU and not a speaker-aware ## Said page.
Why it matters to this thread
AI safety, alignment, and lab governance are in-scope. Christiano is a named safety official moving onto OpenAI’s Foundation SSC while remaining (per issuer) a NIST CAISI advisor with a recusal footnote.
Key facts (from 2026-09-09-afternoon-x-anthropic-cyber-incident-alignment-assessment)
- From 2026-09-09-afternoon-x-anthropic-cyber-incident-alignment-assessment (@OpenAI, 2026-09-09 17:39:20Z): founder of the Alignment Research Center; joins Foundation Board + SSC; non-voting PBC observer; years at @NIST.
- From the same source (issuer page Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board, dated September 9, 2026): Senior Tech Advisor at NIST CAISI; SSC work alongside chair Zico Kolter; previously led alignment at OpenAI (2017–2021) including RLHF work. Footnote: will recuse from all OpenAI-related matters and all model evaluations.
What this source does not establish
- No invented titles beyond ARC founder, NIST CAISI Senior Tech Advisor, Foundation Board / SSC, non-voting PBC observer.
- Recusal is issuer-stated, not independently verified practice.
- Not speaker-aware. No
## Saidquotes table. x_video: false.