Tom Brown
Also known as Tom B. Brown
As of October 2026, Tom Brown leads the technical organization responsible for Anthropic's compute resources. He was listed first on Language Models are Few-Shot Learners, a 2020 paper that trained GPT-3 and earned a NeurIPS Outstanding Paper award. He co-founded Anthropic, a company that former OpenAI members founded in January 2021 to promote AI safety. In September 2026, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael held a video call with him about AI safety risks.
Timeline
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2020
The GPT-3 paper
Language Models are Few-Shot Learners trains GPT-3, a model with 175 billion parameters. OpenAI publishes GPT-3 in May 2020.
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2020
A NeurIPS Outstanding Paper
NeurIPS lists Language Models are Few-Shot Learners as a 2020 Outstanding Paper, with Tom B Brown named first among its authors.
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2021
Co-founding Anthropic
He co-founds Anthropic, which former OpenAI members found in January 2021 with the goal of promoting AI safety.
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September 2026
Talks with Washington officials
In September 2026, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael hold a video call with Anthropic's chief compute officer, Tom Brown, about AI safety risks.
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As of October 2026
Anthropic's technical organization
He is a co-founder of Anthropic and leads the technical organization responsible for securing, scaling, and effectively using its compute resources.
Sources and credits
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