{
  "id": 17741,
  "url": "https://the-decoder.com/fields-medalist-who-published-a-paper-on-ai-driven-human-extinction-now-works-for-openai",
  "title": "Fields Medalist who published a paper on AI-driven human extinction now works for OpenAI",
  "summary": "Newly awarded Fields Medalist Jacob Tsimerman is leaving the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety. In a recent paper, he analyzes scenarios where AI could contribute to human extinction and calls for far more investment in safety research. The article Fields Medalist who published a paper on AI-driven human extinction now works for OpenAI appeared first on The Decoder .",
  "authors": "Matthias Bastian",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "safety-alignment,finance-investment",
  "orgs": "openai",
  "regions": "canada",
  "published_at": "2026-08-08T11:08:48.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-09T05:10:05.170Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-decoder",
  "source_name": "The Decoder",
  "source_homepage": "https://the-decoder.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17741",
  "original_url": "https://the-decoder.com/fields-medalist-who-published-a-paper-on-ai-driven-human-extinction-now-works-for-openai",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}