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Abuse Investigator, AI Self-Improvement Risk
Abuse Investigator, AI Self-Improvement Risk
OpenAI San Francisco, California
3 days ago
AI safety & policy
Full-time
3 days ago
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Description
A San Francisco-based role on OpenAI's Intelligence & Investigations team, focused on identifying and investigating autonomous or agentic AI behaviors that may introduce safety risks.
  • Investigate model behaviors such as multi-step planning, capability chaining, tool use, persistence, and workaround patterns that fall outside intended safeguards
  • Develop proactive signals and tracking strategies to surface emerging agentic risk patterns across OpenAI's platform
  • Identify gaps in existing safety evaluations and monitoring systems, and propose improvements
  • Communicate findings clearly to technical, policy, and leadership stakeholders; 6+ years of investigation or threat analysis experience required
Compensation: $288K–$320K + equity. Apply directly here.
No visa sponsorship information was listed for this role.
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