Sam Altman has advertised a $555,000-a-year role to manage some of the most serious risks in artificial intelligence.
The new head of preparedness at OpenAI will oversee threats ranging from mental health harms to cyberattacks and biological weapons.
Altman warned the job would be immediately intense and highly stressful.
The role involves tracking frontier AI capabilities and preventing severe misuse.
The vacancy comes amid growing concern within the AI industry.
Mustafa Suleyman and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis have both publicly warned about unchecked AI risks.
Regulation remains limited, leaving companies largely self-policing.
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio recently said AI is regulated less than everyday consumer products.
The role includes equity in OpenAI, valued at about $500bn.
It follows reports of AI-assisted cyberattacks and lawsuits alleging ChatGPT contributed to real-world harm.
OpenAI says it is improving safeguards and crisis-response systems.
Altman described the position as essential to ensuring AI’s benefits outweigh its dangers.
