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# “I am very grateful Aleksander accepted our request to come take this on; the safety…”

Sam Altman (@sama), X, 2026-10-20.
Source: https://x.com/sama/status/2112652656602923366

## Archived text

> I am very grateful Aleksander accepted our request to come take this on; the safety and security challenges in front of us as we confront superintelligence are immense, and he has an excellent set of skills to work on this.
> 
> > Quoting @aleks_madry: Personal update: Turns out that what I thought was leaving OpenAI became more of a sabbatical.
> > 
> > When I left a few months ago, I felt that the most important thing to focus on was making AI more useful to people. But we’ve since entered a different regime of AI progress. One in which getting the safety and security challenges of increasingly capable AI right has to become a central priority.
> > 
> > So I’ll be returning to OpenAI, joining @merettm to help chart a path through these challenges.
> > 
> > There’s much work to do, so let’s get going.

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- 2026-10-19: [Aleksander Madry returns to OpenAI for safety](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-19-aleksander-madry-returns-openai-safety/)