OpenAI Disbands Mission Alignment Team, Reassigns Members in Organizational Restructuring

Feb 11, 2026
TechCrunch
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Summary

OpenAI dissolves its mission alignment team responsible for ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits humanity, reassigning members including former leader Josh Achiam who becomes chief futurist in what the company calls routine restructuring.

Key Points

  • OpenAI disbands its mission alignment team that was responsible for communicating the company's mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity to employees and the public
  • Former team leader Josh Achiam receives a new position as OpenAI's chief futurist, focusing on studying how the world will change in response to AI and AGI development
  • The six to seven team members are being reassigned to different roles within the company as part of what OpenAI describes as routine organizational restructuring

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