UK appoints Henry De Zoete as Director of AI Safety Institute
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-08-22
Henry De Zoete has been appointed as the Director of the UK's AI Safety Institute (AISI), the government body responsible for AI safety research and evaluation.
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