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Gretchen Krueger

Also known as Gretchen M Krueger

Gretchen Krueger is an AI policy researcher who worked at OpenAI from 2019 to 2024. She holds a BA from Harvard University and an MA from Columbia University, and she worked at NYU's AI Now Institute before joining OpenAI. She co-authored Language Models are Few-Shot Learners, a paper that trains GPT-3 and won a NeurIPS 2020 Outstanding Paper award. She left OpenAI in May 2024, citing concerns about decision-making and accountability. She is now an independent researcher affiliated with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center and a volunteer at Evitable.

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Timeline

  1. By 2019

    Harvard and Columbia degrees

    She holds a BA from Harvard University and an MA from Columbia University. Before joining OpenAI as a policy researcher in 2019, she works at NYU's AI Now Institute and the City of New York's Economic Development Corporation.

  2. 2019

    Release strategies for language models

    In 2019 she co-authors Release Strategies and the Social Impacts of Language Models.

  3. 2020

    A NeurIPS Outstanding Paper

    NeurIPS names Language Models are Few-Shot Learners an Outstanding Paper in 2020, and she is one of its authors. The paper trains GPT-3, a language model with 175 billion parameters.

  4. 2021

    Evaluating CLIP's broader capabilities

    In 2021 she co-authors Evaluating CLIP: Towards Characterization of Broader Capabilities and Downstream Implications.

  5. 2022

    A hazard framework for code models

    In 2022 she co-authors A Hazard Analysis Framework for Code Synthesis Large Language Models.

  6. May 2024

    Resigning from OpenAI

    In May 2024 she gives OpenAI notice, just hours before learning of the resignations of Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. In a May 2024 post, she calls for better decision-making processes, accountability and transparency.

  7. As of October 2026

    Independent research at Harvard

    She is an independent researcher affiliated with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center and a volunteer at Evitable.

Sources and credits

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  1. Ethics in AI Colloquium - AI Systems, Impacts, and Accountability | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities torch.ox.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Gretchen Krueger | Berkman Klein Center cyber.harvard.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. [1908.09203] Release Strategies and the Social Impacts of Language Models arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. NeurIPS 2020 Awards neurips.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. [2005.14165] Language Models are Few-Shot Learners arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. [2108.02818] Evaluating CLIP: Towards Characterization of Broader Capabilities and Downstream Implications arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. [2207.14157] A Hazard Analysis Framework for Code Synthesis Large Language Models arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. High-Stakes Drama at OpenAI: Another Top Executive Departs, Leaked Documents Expose Controversial Exit Policies - Dazeinfo dazeinfo.com. Checked 15 October 2026.