# Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board

DevFeed: [Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/paul-christiano-joins-openai-foundation-board-6604.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/paul-christiano-joins-openai-foundation-board>)

Published: 2026-09-09T17:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Responsibility & Safety](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/responsibility-safety.md>), [human feedback](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-feedback.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-alignment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-alignment.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [rlhf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rlhf.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI announces Paul Christiano's appointment to the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee. The article highlights his experience in AI alignment, frontier AI model evaluation, safety and security risk mitigation, governance, and reinforcement learning from human feedback.

## Source excerpt

Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, bringing experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.