OpenAI just snagged an Anthropic safety researcher for its high-profile head of preparedness role

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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• OpenAI hired an Anthropic safety researcher for its head of preparedness role.
• Sam Altman said in a post on X that he is "extremely excited" to welcome Dylan Scand to OpenAI.
• The role, which pays up to $555,000 plus equity, generated buzz online last month.

OpenAI has filled a key safety role by hiring from a rival lab.

The company has brought on Dylan Scand, a former AI safety researcher at Anthropic...