A decade of Cambridge students now run FAR AI, METR, UK AISI and GovAI
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-11-10
The author marvels that many of today's most important AI safety challenges are being tackled by people he met as young Cambridge students over the past decade: Adam Gleave (FAR AI), Dewi Erwan (Bluedot), Jade Leung (outgoing UK PM AI advisor), Nitarshan Rajkumar (key role in founding UK AISI), Nandini Shiralkar (ERA founder), Beth Barnes (METR), and Markus Anderljung (GovAI head of research). His takeaway: smart, hardworking people who care really can change the world.
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