Wojciech Zaremba
OpenAI co-founder leading AI resilience at the OpenAI Foundation
A Polish computer scientist and co-founder of OpenAI who led its early robotics work and later teams on GPT models, GitHub Copilot and Codex. Since March 2026 he has led AI resilience at the OpenAI Foundation, which funds work on biosecurity, cybersecurity, model safety and AI's effect on children.
Key arguments & positions
- Argues society needs "AI resilience" — an ecosystem approach to mitigating AI risks so its benefits can be realized — comparing AI with past general-purpose technologies such as fire, the printing press and electricity.
Accomplishments
- Co-founder of OpenAI; led its early robotics work, including a robotic hand that solved a Rubik's Cube, and later led teams working on GPT models, GitHub Copilot and Codex.
- Moved in March 2026 to lead AI resilience at the OpenAI Foundation, the company's nonprofit arm; the program's initial focus areas are biosecurity, cybersecurity, model safety and AI's effect on children.
- PhD from New York University (2016), advised by Yann LeCun and Rob Fergus; silver medalist at the 2007 International Mathematical Olympiad.
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