Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team

In this article:

1. Jon Leike has now joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to lead a new “superalignment” team
2. A leading AI researcher, he resigned from OpenAI earlier this month and publicly criticized the company’s approach to AI safety.
3. In a post on X, Leike stated that his team at Anthropic will focus on various aspects of AI safety and security, including:
   1. “Scalable oversight”
   2. “Weak-to-strong generalization”
   3. Automated alignment research