Safety and alignment
64 people are listed under this topic in the USASI directory. Most common companies: Anthropic (12), Google DeepMind (6), METR (4), UC Berkeley (4), Carnegie Mellon University (3).
Top companies in Safety and alignment
- Anthropic 12
- Google DeepMind 6
- METR 4
- UC Berkeley 4
- Carnegie Mellon University 3
- IBM 3
- Center for AI Safety 2
- FAR.AI 2
- Meta 2
- Microsoft 2
- NIST 2
- University of Washington 2
People
- Adam GleaveCo-founder and CEO (since January 2022) · FAR.AI
- Ajeya CotraTechnical Staff · METR
- Aleksandra MojsilovićBuilders & open source
- Amanda AskellLeads Anthropic's Character work (finetuning and AI alignment) · Anthropic
- Anca DraganHeads AI Safety and Alignment (on leave from UC Berkeley) · Google DeepMind
- Arthur ConmyMember of Technical Staff · Anthropic
- Aylin CaliskanAssociate Professor, The Information School; Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering (courtesy) · University of Washington
- Ben MannCo-founder · Anthropic
- Beth BarnesFounder and CEO · METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research)
- Chris OlahCo-founder · Anthropic
- Collin BurnsBuilders & open source
- Dan HendrycksExecutive & Research Director · Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
- David StutzResearch scientist · Google DeepMind
- Diogo AlmeidaFounder and CEO · TypeSafe AI
- Duen Horng "Polo" ChauProfessor and Associate Chair, School of Computational Science and Engineering; Associate Director, MS in Analytics · Georgia Institute of Technology
- Eric HorvitzChief Scientific Officer · Microsoft
- Eric Michael SmithResearch Scientist (the page's bio describes a Research Engineer role at FAIR) · Meta (Facebook AI Research, FAIR)
- Ethan PerezResearcher · Anthropic
- Evan HubingerAlignment Stress-Testing lead · Anthropic
- Francesca RossiIBM Global Leader for Responsible AI and AI Governance; IBM Fellow · IBM Research
- Harold BoothComputer Scientist, Software Security Group · National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Helen TonerExecutive Director, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) · Georgetown University
- Hjalmar WijkChief Scientist · METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research)
- Ian GoodfellowBuilders & open source
- Ian R. McKenzieResearch Engineer (since September 2025) · Google DeepMind
- Ilya SutskeverCo-founder and CEO · Safe Superintelligence Inc.
- Jack ClarkCo-Founder and Head of Public Benefit · Anthropic
- Jacob SteinhardtAssociate Professor of Statistics and EECS · University of California, Berkeley
- James GlasbrennerPrincipal AI Engineer · The MITRE Corporation
- Jan LeikeLeads the Alignment Science team · Anthropic
- Jared KaplanCo-Founder and Chief Science Officer · Anthropic
- Kai FronsdalResearch Engineer (joined 2026) · Meridian Labs
- Karl BerzinsCo-founder, President and board member · FAR.AI
- Kenneth LiResearcher · Thinking Machines Lab
- Kush R. VarshneyIBM Fellow, directing Human-Centered Trustworthy AI research · IBM Research
- Lila IbrahimChief AI Readiness Officer · Google DeepMind
- Maarten SapAssistant Professor, Language Technologies Institute (courtesy appointment in HCII) · Carnegie Mellon University
- Margaret MitchellResearcher and Chief Ethics Scientist · Hugging Face
- Marius HobbhahnCEO and Co-founder · Apollo Research
- Mark RussinovichChief Technology Officer and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure · Microsoft
- Mathias LechnerCo-founder and CTO · Liquid AI
- Michael HindDistinguished Research Staff Member · IBM Research
- Neel NandaRuns the mechanistic interpretability team · Google DeepMind
- Nicholas CarliniResearch Scientist · Anthropic
- Oliver ZhangCo-founder and Managing Director · Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
- Owain EvansDirector · Truthful AI
- Paul ChristianoExecutive Director · Alignment Research Center
- Peter MattsonFounder, President and board member · MLCommons
- Saadia GabrielAssistant Professor of Computer Science, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, University of California · Los Angeles
- Samuel MarksMember of Technical Staff; leads the Cognitive Oversight subteam of the Alignment Science team · Anthropic
- Samuel R. BowmanTechnical AI safety researcher · Anthropic
- Shane LeggCo-Founder and Chief AGI Scientist · Google DeepMind
- Shengjia ZhaoChief Scientist for the new lab effort (as stated by Meta in July 2025) · Meta Superintelligence Labs
- Stephen CasperAssistant Professor; Faculty Affiliate with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences · Harvard University (Harvard Kennedy School)
- Stuart RussellDistinguished Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Computational Precision Health, Emeritus; Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering · University of California, Berkeley
- Su Lin BlodgettIndependent visiting researcher · Mila
- Sven GowalBuilders & open source
- Terry Yue ZhuoBuilders & open source
- Timnit GebruFounder and Executive Director · Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
- Wojciech ZarembaHead of AI Resilience · OpenAI Foundation
- Yejin ChoiDieter Schwarz Foundation Professor of Computer Science; Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI · Stanford University
- Yulia TsvetkovAssociate Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering · University of Washington
- Zico KolterProfessor and Department Head, Machine Learning Department · Carnegie Mellon University
- Zvi MowshowitzWriter · Don't Worry About the Vase
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