Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee

OpenAI appointed Paul Christiano — ARC founder, former OpenAI alignment lead (2017-2021) and senior advisor at NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation — to the OpenAI Foundation Board, where he joins the Safety and Security Committee chaired by Zico Kolter. He will also serve as a non-voting observer on the OpenAI Group PBC Board. The announcement is dated September 9, at the edge of this digest's window, and was not covered by earlier digests.