Who Is Chloe Bakalar? OpenAI's AI Ethics Lead Resigns Less Than a Year After Joining
OpenAI's AI ethics lead, Chloe Bakalar, has left the company less than a year after joining. Her departure, which took place last month, was not publicly announced, and she has not updated her LinkedIn profile to reflect the exit. The report notes that Bakalar was OpenAI's only dedicated ethicist, and the company currently has no replacement for the role, though OpenAI maintains that ethics work…
Chloe Bakalar, OpenAI's AI ethics lead, has departed the company less than a year after her appointment. Her absence was not publicly disclosed, and she has not updated her LinkedIn profile to reflect the departure. OpenAI currently has no designated replacement for the role, despite claiming that ethics work is integrated across various teams working on their models.
Before joining OpenAI in August 2025, Bakalar spent six years at Meta, serving as chief ethicist and working on AI ethics programs, including integrating ethical considerations into products like Facebook and Instagram. She also held academic positions at University College London, Temple University, and Princeton University. At OpenAI, Bakalar focused on ethical approaches to AI model development, human-AI interactions, and debates surrounding machine consciousness, aiming to help the company build AI more safely and responsibly while exploring the broader societal implications of the technology.
Her departure adds to a series of senior safety and alignment exits from OpenAI this year, including Johannes Heidecke, who led the Safety Systems team, and Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's chief futurist and former head of mission alignment.
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