Updates
Notable moves, new people, and organizations. A curated record, not every change in AI.
Organization route
Clive Chan joins Anthropic after OpenAI chip work
Chan says he left OpenAI after helping build its custom chip program and joined Anthropic this week.
OpenAI→
AnthropicNikolay Savinov joins OpenAI to work on pretraining
The long-context researcher leaves Google DeepMind for OpenAI's growing London team.
Google DeepMind→OpenAISamarth Sinha joins 1X as Head of World Models
Sinha, previously at Luma AI, now leads world-model research at the humanoid-robotics company 1X.
1XHelen Toner named Executive Director of CSET
CSET named Helen Toner Executive Director after she had served as interim leader since September.
Center for Security and Emerging TechnologyNathan Lambert leaves Ai2 to pursue a new open-model lab
Lambert ended his tenure leading open-model post-training at Ai2 and is now founding a still-unnamed AI lab.
Ai2Amy Tam joins SpaceX and xAI
Tam said she has joined SpaceX and xAI after investing in AI and the future of work at Bloomberg Beta.
Bloomberg Beta→
SpaceXAIPamela Mishkin leaves OpenAI
Mishkin said June 1 was her last day at OpenAI after more than six years.
OpenAIJoaquin Quiñonero Candela leaves OpenAI
Quiñonero Candela's LinkedIn profile lists his OpenAI tenure as ending in May 2026; no new full-time role is listed.
OpenAIWeijie Su joins OpenAI while on leave from Wharton
Su said he has joined OpenAI while on leave from Wharton and has been promoted to full professor.
Wharton→OpenAIInherent launches with $50 million to rethink AI-native science
The London lab is building AI agents for open-ended scientific discovery and redesigning the research organization around human-machine collaboration.
Inherent