person

Steven Adler

Independent AI researcher; former OpenAI policy team

Ex-OpenAI policy researcher who resigned citing safety culture concerns. Now independent, collaborating with ControlAI on governance proposals.

current AI safety researcher, Independent

past Policy team, OpenAI

@sjgadler

Strategy positions

Governance firstendorses

Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimes

Publicly resigned from OpenAI citing safety-culture concerns; now advocates for external regulatory constraints.

I'm leaving OpenAI because the pace of AI development scares me, and because I don't think the company has the institutions to handle it.

≡ tweetSteven Adler resignation thread· X/Twitter· 2024· faithful paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Adam Tooze
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Columbia historian; Chartbook newsletter
Adrian Weller
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Cambridge professor; Alan Turing Institute fellow
Adrienne LaFrance
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Adrienne Williams
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Akash Wasil
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Encode Justice; AI policy advocate

Record last updated 2026-04-25.