By Lisa Stiffler
Publication Date: 2026-05-13 17:29:00
— Pamela Bhattacharya has left her role as senior director of AI at Microsoft to join OpenAI as a member of its technical staff, where she is leading AI safety work with a focus on child safety. Bhattacharya spent nearly nine years at Microsoft as a principal applied scientist and manager before leaving in 2021, worked at Meta and Lacework, then rejoined Microsoft in 2024.
The computer scientist holds more than 30 patents and is an expert in machine learning and human-in-the-loop systems. “I’m especially energized by problems where getting it wrong has real consequences — and by developing the next generation of AI leaders who can navigate that complexity,” she said in her LinkedIn profile.
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