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Abuse Investigator (Cbrn) Remote Us

Comp$230.4K – $425K

Classified Tasks (17)

Automate 0%Augment 76%Human-Only 24%

Augment (13)

AI assists, human decides

Identify misuse of OpenAI products, especially new types of abuse

analytical

Detect attempted misuse of OpenAI products for development or dissemination of biological threats, including dual-use and emerging biothreat vectors

analytical

Investigate attempted misuse of OpenAI products in biological and chemical threat domains

operational

Enforce company policies against actors who violate biosecurity and chemical misuse prohibitions

operational

Respond to time-sensitive escalations related to potential misuse or abuse

operational

Present investigative findings in writing to internal stakeholders and leadership

communication

Conduct cross-internet and open-source research to trace and understand abuse

analytical

Develop abuse signals and tracking strategies to proactively detect dual-use or biohazard-related misuse

technical

Review content to make enforcement decisions

operational

Develop a categorical understanding of product surfaces in the biosecurity space

analytical

Work with teams to improve data visibility and internal tooling related to biosecurity investigations

technical

Help inform and evolve the company’s threat response, integrity monitoring, and mitigation stack

leadership

Work closely on individual cases and enforcement assessments

operational

Human-Only (4)

Requires human judgment

Disrupt actors attempting prohibited biological or chemical misuse of the platform

operational

Present investigative findings verbally to internal stakeholders, leadership, and external partners across government, industry, and civil society

communication

Partner with Policy, Legal, Integrity, Global Affairs, and Security teams to conduct robust investigations

leadership

Communicate investigative findings with external partners, including regulatory or scientific organizations

communication

Job description

--- BEGIN UNTRUSTED EXTERNAL CONTENT (source: https://openai.com/careers/abuse-investigator-(cbrn)-remote-us/) --- Skip to main contentResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Log inTry ChatGPT(opens in a new window)ResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Abuse Investigator (CBRN) | OpenAICareersAbuse Investigator (CBRN)Intelligence & Investigations - Remote - US, Washington, DC, and San FranciscoApply now(opens in a new window)About the TeamOpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We believe that achieving our goal requires real world deployment and iteratively updating based on what we learn.The Intelligence and Investigations team supports this by identifying and investigating misuses of our products – especially new types of abuse. This enables our partner teams to develop data-backed product policies and build scaled safety mitigations. Precisely understanding abuse allows us to safely enable users to build useful things with our products.About the RoleAs an Abuse Investigator on the Intelligence and Investigations team, you will be responsible for detecting misuse of our platform or services. Specifically, you will focus on cases where users attempt to use our platform in connection with prohibited activities such as developing or delivering biological and/or chemical threats to harm people, critical resources/infrastructure, or the environment. OpenAI has strict prohibitions and policies in this area, and you will detect, disrupt, and enforce on actors who violate our policies.This role requires domain-specific expertise, experience investigating sophisticated threats, and the ability to navigate ambiguous signals in a complex and adversarial threat environment.You will respond to time-sensitive escalations and will be expected to present your investigative work, both in writing and verbally, to key stakeholders across government, industry, and civil society, when required. You will also help inform the company’s evolving threat response and integrity monitoring and mitigation stack, while working closely on individual cases and enforcement assessments.This role is remote-friendly, though you’re welcome to work from our San Francisco office if desired. Some investigations may involve sensitive content of a violent or graphic nature.In this role, you will:Detect, investigate, and disrupt the attempted misuse of OpenAI products for the development or dissemination of biological threats, including dual-use misuse and emerging biothreat vectors. You will also be expected to work across related domains (e.g., chemical threats).Partner closely with teams across Policy, Legal, Integrity, Global Affairs, and Security to conduct robust investigations, including cross-internet and open-source research to trace and understand abuse and ensure OpenAI’s mitigations address evolving needs in the space.Develop abuse signals and tracking strategies to proactively detect users attempting dual-use or biohazard-related misuse of our platform and review content for enforcement decisions.Communicate findings from your investigations with internal stakeholders and leadership and, at times, external partners including regulatory or scientific organizations.Develop a categorical understanding of our product surfaces in the biosecurity space, and work with teams to improve data visibility and internal tooling.This role requires the ability to hold a U.S. government security clearance. To comply with this requirement, applicants for this position must be U.S. citizens.You might thrive in this role if you:Have industry-leading experience in biosecurity, biological weapons non-proliferation, dual-use research of concern (DURC), or related biodefense fields,Have strong familiarity with technical investigations, especially using SQL and Python, in a government/military and/or tech companyHave demonstrated experience in risk
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