AI Evaluation Scholar Sayash Kapoor Joins UC Berkeley
sayashk · x · 2026-07-07
AI researcher Sayash Kapoor announced they will join the UC Berkeley School of Information as an assistant professor in Fall 2027 and is currently recruiting PhD students. Their research focuses on frontier AI evaluation, AI policy, and AI's impact on institutions like science, law, and medicine, with a strong emphasis on public-facing science communication.
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