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Monday, September 14, 2026
AI Lately

AI is about people, and what they have been up to lately.

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Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8

Person

John Schulman

Lately: Thinking Machines Lab as Researcher, from Anthropic.

Public record only: name, role, employer, source, and date.

Recorded moves

  1. John Schulman → Thinking Machines Lab as Researcher, from Anthropic (Researcher)

    Completed a rare two-hop career path that traced the field's talent gravity across three labs in ten months.

    hirereportedFortune: OpenAI cofounder John Schulman is joining Mira Murati's startup after brief stint at AnthropicFeb 6, 2025

  2. John Schulman → Anthropic as Researcher, from OpenAI (Co-Founder)

    Opened a two-hop migration that eventually carried RLHF expertise from OpenAI through Anthropic to Thinking Machines Lab inside ten months.

    hirereportedFortune: OpenAI cofounder John Schulman is joining Mira Murati's startup after brief stint at AnthropicAug 1, 2024

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