OpenAI posted a job listing within its Preparedness safety team for a researcher to study recursive self-improvement, the ability of an AI system to research, design, and train better versions of itself without meaningful human involvement, with a salary range of $295,000 to $445,000. The listing notes the role “relies on reasoning about problems that might exist in the future, but might not exist now,” with responsibilities potentially including defending models against data poisoning, building tools to interpret model reasoning, and tracking automation of OpenAI's own technical staff. The posting follows CEO Sam Altman's October goal of running an “automated AI research intern” by this September and a “true automated AI researcher by March of 2028.”
