- Vice President of AI Research, Superintelligence Labs, Meta since 202623
- Professor of Computer Science; co-director, Berkeley RDI, University of California, Berkeley since 20071
Dawn Song is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and co-director of the Berkeley Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence. In June 2026 she joined Meta Superintelligence Labs as Vice President of AI Research, focusing on AI safety and security for frontier and agentic systems; she co-founded Virtue AI in 2024.123
At a glance
- Current roles
- Vice President of AI Research, Superintelligence Labs +1 more
- Companies
- Meta, UC Berkeley
- Fields
- Safety and alignment, Agents
- Honors
- 1
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
Berkeley and AI security research
Song's Berkeley faculty page lists research in AI safety and security, agentic AI, deep learning, and privacy. She is a MacArthur Fellow, ACM and IEEE Fellow, and has received multiple test-of-time awards in security.1
Meta and Virtue AI
In June 2026 she announced joining Meta Superintelligence Labs as VP of AI Research with members of Virtue AI, the trustworthy-AI company she co-founded. SCMP coverage described her as Meta's new VP of AI research focused on economically useful agents.23
Timeline
Other documented roles
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Honors and recognition
- · 1
Where they work
- Meta 117 people in the wiki
- UC Berkeley 33 people in the wiki
Related people
- Eric Michael SmithAlso at Meta
- Jakob FoersterAlso at Meta
- Ruslan SalakhutdinovAlso at Meta
- Tina HuangAlso at Meta
- Jay ParikhAlso at Meta
- Babak HodjatAgents · Safety and alignment
- Bowen BakerSafety and alignment · Agents
- Francesca RossiSafety and alignment · Agents
- Maarten SapSafety and alignment · Agents
- Fotis ChantzisSafety and alignment · Agents
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References
3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 23, 2026