OpenAI Joshua Achiam will become the company's chief futurist Feb 11, 2026 — 7 min read (Shutterstock) This is a column about AI. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here.OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its seven employees to other teams, Platformer has learned. Joshua Achiam, who led the team, will take on a new title as OpenAI's "chief futurist."The mission alignment team was created in 2024 to promote the company's stated ...