Arvind KC, who was formerly Roblox’s chief people and systems officer, has also held senior roles at Google, Palantir, and Meta, according to OpenAI. He replaces the company’s former chief people officer, Julia Villagra, who departed in August 2025 after less than six months in the role. The post had since been vacant.
It’s more than just a $200 million military contract at stake.
Members of the team — which was tasked with ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity — have been transferred to other areas of the company, and former team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a new role as OpenAI’s “chief futurist,” Platformer reported.
[Platformer]
Across the industry, workers describe a ‘fear-based culture’ and pressure to ‘fall in line.‘
“Now you’re just like, ‘Here’s the magic castle. Build it.’ And it gets done.”
OpenAI’s new “head of preparedness,” Dylan Scandinaro, came from an AGI safety role at the company’s chief competitor. “AI is advancing rapidly,” he wrote in a post on X. “The potential benefits are great—and so are the risks of extreme and even irrecoverable harm. There’s a lot of work to do, and not much time to do it!”
[X (formerly Twitter)]
