Researcher, Frontier Biological And Chemical Risks (AI)

TL;DR

Researcher, Frontier Biological and Chemical Risks (AI): Identifying, tracking, and preparing for catastrophic risks related to frontier AI models with an accent on designing new evaluations grounded in real threat models like CBRN, cyber, and other frontier-risk areas. Focus on the scientific validity of frontier preparedness capability evaluations, defining datasets, and refining risk management.

Location: Must be based in the US

Salary: $295K – $445K

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Work on identifying emerging AI safety risks and new methodologies for exploring the impact of these risks.
• Build and continuously refine evaluations of frontier AI models that assess the extent of identified risks.
• Design and build scalable systems and processes that can support these kinds of evaluations.
• Contribute to the refinement of risk management and the overall development of "best practice" guidelines for AI safety evaluations.

Requirements

• Are passionate and knowledgeable about short-term and long-term AI safety risks.
• Demonstrate the ability to think outside the box and have a robust “red-teaming mindset”.
• Have experience in ML research engineering, ML observability and monitoring, creating large language model-enabled applications, and/or another technical domain applicable to AI risk.
• Are able to operate effectively in a dynamic and extremely fast-paced research environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end.
• This role is restricted to individuals described in paragraph (a)(1) of the definition of “U.S. person” in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations

Nice to have

• First-hand experience in red-teaming systems—be it computer systems or otherwise.
• A good understanding of the (nuances of) societal aspects of AI deployment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally.

Culture & Benefits

• We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.