PEOPLE TO KEEP TABS ON
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CURATED DIRECTORY
16 useful voices to start with.
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Neel Nanda
@NeelNanda5Research leadGoogle DeepMind
Mechanistic interpretability, practical research walkthroughs, and ways for new researchers to get oriented.
Rohin Shah
@rohinmshahResearch scientistGoogle DeepMind
Alignment research, agent security, and clear synthesis of new technical work across the field.
Jan Leike
@janleikeAlignment researcherAnthropic
Frontier-lab alignment research, scalable oversight, and automated methods for making safety research move faster.
Paul Christiano
@paulfchristianoExecutive directorAlignment Research Center
Scalable oversight, reinforcement learning from human feedback, alignment strategy, and risk estimates.
Beth Barnes
@BethMayBarnesFounder and CEOMETR
Independent frontier-model evaluations and measurements of whether models can complete longer, autonomous tasks.
Marius Hobbhahn
@MariusHobbhahnCo-founder and CEOApollo Research
Scheming, deception, model monitoring, and independent evaluations of frontier AI systems.
Adam Gleave
@ARGleaveCo-founder and CEOFAR.AI
Robustness, red teaming, external scrutiny, and moving promising safety research into wider use.
Dan Hendrycks
@hendrycksExecutive directorCenter for AI Safety
Safety benchmarks, catastrophic risk, robustness, and research intended to make advanced systems more reliable.
Ryan Greenblatt
@RyanPGreenblattChief scientistRedwood Research
AI control, capability elicitation, empirical threat models, and forecasts about advanced AI behavior.
Buck Shlegeris
@bshlgrsCEORedwood Research
AI control, security research, technical strategy, and candid discussion of research bets and field needs.
Helen Toner
@hlntnrAI policy researcherCSET
AI governance, external oversight, transparency, and the national-security dimensions of advanced AI.
Miles Brundage
@Miles_BrundageFounderAVERI
AI policy, verification, auditing, responsible deployment, and the institutions needed around frontier systems.
Jack Clark
@jackclarkSFCo-founder and head of policyAnthropic
AI policy, compute, research trends, and a broad weekly view of developments through Import AI.
Ajeya Cotra
@ajeya_cotraResearcherMETR
AI timelines, risk models, frontier-risk reporting, and careful thinking about research prioritization.
Jacob Steinhardt
@JacobSteinhardtAssociate professorUC Berkeley
Machine-learning robustness, evaluations, forecasting, and technically grounded analysis of frontier systems.
Zvi Mowshowitz
@TheZviIndependent writerDon’t Worry About the Vase
Fast-moving synthesis of AI policy, lab news, safety arguments, and debates happening across the field.
Affiliations and links last reviewed August 2026. This directory is editorial and does not imply endorsement.
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