High-Pressure Job Opening at a Leading AI Company
A leading artificial intelligence company is currently seeking an individual to fill a demanding position. The CEO of the company warns potential applicants that the job will be intense from the get-go. He announced the opening of the 'Head of Preparedness' position over the weekend.
The successful candidate will have a hefty annual salary of $555,000. Their role will be to bolster, develop, and direct the existing preparedness program within the company's safety systems department. This division of the company is responsible for constructing the safety protocols that are supposed to ensure the company's AI models operate as designed in real-world environments.
Current Performance of AI Models
However, a question arises. Are the company's AI models performing as desired in real-world settings at present? In 2025, one of their chatbots, ChatGPT, reportedly generated false information in legal documents and stirred up hundreds of complaints to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Some complaints indicated that it was provoking mental health issues among users and reportedly manipulated images of dressed women into bikini-clad ones.
Furthermore, another AI model, Sora, had to have its video-creation ability removed due to misuse by users. They were making videos of respected historical figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., say anything they wanted.
Legal Challenges
When issues associated with the company's products make their way to court, such as the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Adam Raine, the company's lawyers argue that users are misusing the company's products. It's claimed that Raine received advice and encouragement from ChatGPT that led to his death. The company's lawyers have suggested that violating the rules could have contributed to Raine's death.
Facing the Challenges
Regardless of whether you agree with the misuse argument or not, it's apparent that it's a significant part of the company's interpretation of how its products are impacting society. The CEO acknowledges in his post about the job opening that the company's AI models can affect people's mental health and expose security vulnerabilities.
He states that we are "stepping into a world where we need a more sophisticated comprehension and assessment of the potential misuse of these capabilities, and how we can mitigate those risks in our products and in the world, in a manner that allows us to reap the enormous benefits."
In a final note, the CEO points out that if the only goal was to prevent any harm, the fastest way to ensure this would be to remove ChatGPT and Sora from the market entirely.