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Reflections on AISI | naml.us

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I left DeepMind to join the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) as a Research Director in December 2023 and officially started in April 2024 (I spent the intervening time on family travel, wandering around London, and formalising interval arithmetic). The past two years have cemented AISI as my favourite job to date: AISI has done a tremendous amount to sharpen the conversation around AI risks within the UK government, partner governments, and with the public, and it’s the first time I’ve been at an org so uniformly filled with people taking AI seriously and trying to make the world a better place. However, for family reasons, I will be leaving AISI soon to move back to the Bay Area. I will be starting a new nonprofit alignment research org (more to come). I have mixed feelings about this! It is the right decision on balance, and I am excited for the work I’ll be doing next, but I love AISI and will miss this place a ton. The reasons I joined AISI continue to hold: progress on technical sa

Reflections on AISI Fri, May 15, 2026 aisi , safety I left DeepMind to join the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) as a Research Director in December 2023 and officially started in April 2024 (I spent the intervening time on family travel, wandering around London, and formalising interval arithmetic ). The past two years have cemented AISI as my favourite job to date: AISI has done a tremendous amount to sharpen the conversation around AI risks within the UK government, partner governments, and with the public, and it's the first time I've been at an org so uniformly filled with people taking AI

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