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Ai Emerging Risks Analyst San Francisco

Comp$198K – $320K

Classified Tasks (19)

Automate 0%Augment 95%Human-Only 5%

Augment (18)

AI assists, human decides

Map and prioritize emerging risks at the frontier of AI.

analytical

Build and continuously refine a clear picture of emerging signals and trends that could affect the AI ecosystem through upstream and external scanning.

analytical

Design and maintain harm taxonomies that provide foresight and warning about how AI harms and misuse may manifest over the next 0–24 months and beyond.

analytical

Contribute to an evergreen frontier risk register and prioritization framework that surfaces the top issues by severity, prevalence, exposure, and trajectory.

analytical

Detect and deep dive into emerging abuse patterns.

analytical

Create comprehensive approaches to horizon scanning, competitive benchmarking, and external narrative/risk sense-making.

analytical

Stay current on abuse trends ranging from state actor misuse to criminal activity by monitoring internal and external sources.

operational

Connect individual incidents into system-level stories about actors, incentives, product design weaknesses, and cross-product spillover, and hypothesize incidents before they hit our surfaces.

analytical

Translate findings into clear, ranked risk lists and concrete mitigation proposals for product, safety, and policy teams to execute.

communication

Track whether mitigation work is landing by following key indicators, pressure-testing assumptions, and pushing for course corrections when data indicates.

operational

Build early warning and measurement capabilities.

technical

Help define the core metrics for monitoring emerging risks and mitigation effectiveness.

analytical

Utilize mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies to spot early warning signs and turn weak signals into prioritized risk calls.

analytical

Scan available signals and apply strategic foresight methodologies to enable proactive detection and mitigation of frontier AI risks.

analytical

Pull threads on potentially concerning behavior to surface actionable hypotheses and risk narratives.

analytical

Focus on upstream ecosystem scanning, competitive benchmarking, and external narrative/risk sense-making to inform strategic risk decisions.

analytical

Inform cross-functional partners in protection and safety stacks to guide mitigations that protect users, brands, and communities while enabling productive uses of the tools.

communication

Produce actionable understanding of frontier AI risks relevant to OpenAI’s platforms, surfaces, and broader business interests.

analytical

Human-Only (1)

Requires human judgment

Work with Global Affairs and Communications teams to share findings in ways that inform external and internal stakeholders.

communication

Job description

--- BEGIN UNTRUSTED EXTERNAL CONTENT (source: https://openai.com/careers/ai-emerging-risks-analyst-san-francisco/) --- Skip to main contentResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Log inTry ChatGPT(opens in a new window)ResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)AI Emerging Risks Analyst | OpenAICareersAI Emerging Risks AnalystIntelligence & Investigations - San FranciscoApply now(opens in a new window)About the teamThe Intelligence and Investigations team seeks to rapidly identify and mitigate abuse and strategic risks to ensure a safe online ecosystem in close collaboration with our internal and external partners. Our efforts contribute to OpenAI's overarching goal of developing AI that benefits humanity.The Strategic Intelligence & Analysis (SIA) team provides safety intelligence for OpenAI’s products by monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting real-world abuse, geopolitical risks, and strategic threats. Our work informs safety mitigations, product decisions, and partnerships, ensuring OpenAI’s tools are deployed securely and responsibly across critical sectors.About the roleWe are looking for an AI emerging risks analyst to help us understand potential harms and misuse of AI at the frontier 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 of frontier AI risks.In this role, you will help to provide strategic-level perspective on a range of evolving risk areas, helping to produce actionable understanding of frontier AI risks 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.In this role, you willMap and prioritize emerging risks at the frontier of AIBuild and continuously refine a clear picture of emerging signals and trends that could affect the AI ecosystem through upstream and external scanning.Design and maintain harm taxonomies that provide foresight and warning about how AI harms and misuse may manifest over the next 0-24 months and beyond.Contribute to an evergreen frontier risk register and prioritization framework that surfaces the top issues by severity, prevalence, exposure, and trajectory.Detect and deep dive into emerging abuse patternsCreate comprehensive approaches to horizon scanning, competitive benchmarking, and external narrative/risk sense-making.Stay current on abuse trends ranging from state actor misuse to criminal activity, drawing from the work of internal organizational and cross-functional partners.Connect individual incidents into system-level stories about actors, incentives, product design weaknesses, and cross-product spillover–whenever possible spotting these incidents or even hypothesizing them before they hit our surfaces.Turn analysis into actionable risk intelligenceTranslate findings into clear, ranked risk lists and concrete proposals for mitigations that product, safety, and policy teams can execute on.Work with Global Affairs and Communications teams to share findings in ways that reinforce OpenAI’s role as a leader in the online safety ecosystem.Track whether mitigation work is landing: follow key indicators, pressure-test assumptions, and push for course corrections when the data demands it.Build early warning and measurement capabilitiesHelp define the core metrics
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