# Jurgen Schmidhuber: chief scientist, Sakana AI

Canonical ID: `e82b71a8-309d-4b0e-9a27-0c2ffbfc51b6`

AI researcher widely credited with foundational work on world models, meta-learning, and recursive self-improvement. As of Sep 24 2026, Chief Scientific Advisor at Sakana AI (alongside other positions), helping guide the Tokyo RSI Lab's physical AI / World Models agenda per Sakana's company announcement.

- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (1)

- [Sakana AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/sakana-ai.md) Chief Scientific Advisor (RSI Lab) since 2026-09-24 (IR-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://sakana.ai/schmidhuber/ · 2026-09-24
2. https://sakana.ai/rsi-lab/ · 2026-06-01


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