{"slug": "metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai", "title": "METR Researcher Thomas Kwa Hired by OpenAI", "summary": "METR researcher Thomas Kwa has been hired by OpenAI, according to a post on LessWrong. The move signals a talent transfer from the AI safety evaluation nonprofit to the leading AI lab.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zr37dY5YPRT6s56jY/thomas-kwa-s-shortform?commentId=Pwc2SmyPi9u3maSsd\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544960\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai", "canonical_source": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zr37dY5YPRT6s56jY/thomas-kwa-s-shortform?commentId=Pwc2SmyPi9u3maSsd", "published_at": "2026-09-03 01:37:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 01:51:54.574457+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Thomas Kwa", "METR", "OpenAI", "LessWrong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metr-researcher-thomas-kwa-hired-by-openai.jsonld"}}