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Dylan Scandinaro

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Head of Preparedness at OpenAI

Scandinaro leads OpenAI's Preparedness team, which evaluates and reduces risks from increasingly capable models. Its work spans biological and chemical threats, cyber capabilities, automated red teaming and the possibility that advanced systems evade human control.

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Background

Current role
Head of Preparedness Feb 2026-present
Previously
May 2025-Feb 2026Member of Technical Staff,
2022-2025Product Manager,
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 9, 2026