AI Emerging Risks Analyst

We are looking for an AI Emerging Risks Analyst to help us understand potential harms and misuse of AI in a time of rapid, sustained change. From known threat actors misusing new technologies to new threats enabled by new technologies, we seek to scan available signals and use strategic foresight methodologies to enable proactive detection and mitigation. In this role, you will help to provide strategic-level perspective on a range of evolving risk areas, helping to produce actionable risk taxonomies relevant to OpenAI’s platforms, surfaces, and broader business interests. Utilizing mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies, you will spot early warning signs, pull threads on potentially concerning behavior, and turn weak signals into clear, prioritized risk calls. You will focus on upstream ecosystem scanning, competitive benchmarking, and external narrative/risk sense-making. Your work will help to inform cross-functional partners in the protection and safety stacks to guide mitigations that keep users, brands, and communities safe while allowing productive, creative uses of these tools to thrive.