Former DeepMind safety researcher Rishub Jain leaves to cofound nonprofit Sampura
Rishub Jain left his safety role at Google DeepMind to cofound the nonprofit Sampura Research, saying he wants the autonomy to pursue a specific AI‑alignment issue he felt was deprioritized at the lab. He notes that top AI companies “care a lot about safety, and they invest in it, but they could be investing a lot more,” and that he might have stayed if they did.
Key points
- Rishub Jain left Google DeepMind to cofound AI safety nonprofit Sampura Research.
- AI‑safety job postings rose 91% on LinkedIn in the past year.
- Sampura salaries $273k‑$395k; Meta offered $100 million signing bonuses; OpenAI averages $1.5 million stock compensation.
The piece reports that AI‑safety job postings jumped 91% on LinkedIn over the past year, underscoring a talent bottleneck. Sampura lists salaries of $273,000 to $395,000 for experienced team leaders, while Meta reportedly offered $100 million in signing bonuses last year, OpenAI averages $1.5 million in stock‑based compensation, and Anthropic staff can earn more than $1 million annually. Laura González Salmerón of 80,000 Hours warns the scarcity is about people, not funds.
Anticipated IPOs at Anthropic and possibly OpenAI could bring a flood of cash that may fund safety “clean‑up crews,” but the limited pool of skilled researchers remains the main constraint.
The AI safety bottleneck: Save the world or get the bag
finance.yahoo.com · 22 October 2026
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