OpenAI has filled a key safety role by hiring from a rival lab. The company has brought on Dylan Scand, a former AI safety researcher at Anthropic, as its new head of preparedness, a role that carries a salary of up to $555,000 plus equity. The role caught attention last month thanks to its eye-catching pay package amid OpenAI's rising AI safety concerns. Sam Altman announced the move in a post on X on Wednesday, saying that he is "extremely excited" to welcome Scand to OpenAI. "Things are