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Josh Achiam

Joshua (Josh) Achiam is Chief Futurist at OpenAI. He joined OpenAI in 2017 as a research scientist and has worked on AI safety research and operations, AI impacts research, and educational resources (including Spinning Up in Deep RL).

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Last reviewedApr 2, 2026
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AI SafetyReinforcement Learning

Education

UC Berkeley (EECS) PhD
University of Florida (Physics; Aerospace Engineering) BS

Public links

website Personal website github GitHub profile other OpenAI Forum speaker profile x X profile

Organizations

core OpenAI

Reports

Large Language Models GPT-4 Technical Report

Official and primary sources

https://jachiam.github.io/ Official source · homepage

Supporting sources

https://github.com/jachiam Supporting source · github https://forum.openai.com/public/videos/event-replay-a-new-chapter-for-openai-mission-momentum-and-the-openai-foundation-2025-10-30 Supporting source · other https://x.com/jachiam0 Supporting source · social

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