There’s a big salary up for grabs if you can handle a high-stress role with a track record of turnover

How’d you like to earn more than half a million dollars working for one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies? The catch: the job is stressful, and the last few people tasked with it didn’t stick around. Over the weekend, OpenAI boss Sam Altman went public with a search for a new Head of Preparedness, saying rapidly improving AI models are creating new risks that need closer oversight.

Altman flagged an opening for the company's Head of Preparedness on Saturday in a post on X. Describing the role, which carries a $555,000 base salary plus equity, as one focused on securing OpenAI's systems and understanding how they could be abused, Altman also noted that AI models are beginning to present "some real challenges" as they rapidly improve and gain new capabilities.

"The potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a ...