for OpenAI For , security threats can come from within. The company recently released arecruitmentAnnouncement, looking for an internal risk technology investigator,The purpose is to "strengthen the company's ability to defend against internal security threats".
Responsibilities for the job include analyzing unusual activity, detecting and mitigating insider threats, and working with human resources and legal departments to "conduct investigations into suspicious activity," according to the job posting.
In 2023, OpenAI became the target of malicious actors when hackers broke into its internal messaging system. The incident was exposed because two people familiar with the matter leaked information to The New York Times. In addition to the hacker group,This job posting seems to indicate that OpenAI is worried about threats from its own employees, although it’s unclear exactly what kind of threat OpenAI is guarding against.
As of press time, an OpenAI spokesperson has not commented on the job posting.