Empirical AI Safety Research Position

We're focused on addressing extreme risks from autonomous AI systems that can interact with the real world. To do this, we're advancing the state of the art in risk modeling, incorporating insights from other safety-critical and adversarial domains, and developing novel techniques. We're also empirically evaluating these risks through one of the world's...

AI Safety Institute Job OverviewThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Research Specialist to join its esteemed team at the forefront of artificial intelligence safety research. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for individuals with expertise in machine learning, large language models, and...

We are advancing the state of the science in risk modeling, incorporating insights from safety-critical and adversarial domains, while developing novel techniques. Our research aims to empirically evaluate these risks by building one of the world's largest agentic evaluation suites and pushing forward the science of model evaluations.Job RoleYou will work as...

The Post-Training Team at the AI Safety Institute is dedicated to optimizing AI systems for state-of-the-art performance in various risk domains. This involves a combination of scaffolding, prompting, supervised and RL fine-tuning of AI models.Key Responsibilities:Improve model performance using cutting-edge machine learning techniquesDevelop methodologies...

About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented Research Scientist/Engineer to join our Societal Impacts team at the AI Safety Institute. The successful candidate will work with other researchers to design and run studies that answer important questions about the effect of AI on society.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in...

Company Overview: The AI Safety Institute is a leading organization in the field of artificial intelligence safety. Our mission is to ensure that AI systems are developed and used in ways that benefit society.Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 per annum, depending on experience.Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled Research Engineer to join our...

About AI Safety InstituteAISI is a leading research institution in the field of artificial intelligence safety. We are dedicated to developing and applying cutting-edge technologies to ensure that AI systems align with human values.We are currently seeking a highly skilled researcher to join our Mechanistic Interpretability team. As a researcher, you will be...

**Job Title:** Policy Lead**Location:** N/AAs a leading expert in the field of human-AI interaction risks, you will lead a multidisciplinary research team at the AI Safety Institute to evaluate and mitigate the behavioral and psychological risks that emerge from AI systems. The position offers a unique opportunity to push forward an emerging field and be...

The Post-Training Team at AI Safety Institute focuses on optimising AI systems to achieve state-of-the-art performance across various risk domains. This is accomplished through scaffolding, prompting, supervised and RL fine-tuning of AI models, which include access to tools for interacting with the underlying operating system.Job OverviewWe are seeking...

About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented Research Scientist to join our Societal Impacts team at the AI Safety Institute. The successful candidate will work with our team to design and run studies that answer important questions about the effect AI will have on society.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and run studies to evaluate the impact of...

At the AI Safety Institute, we are dedicated to optimizing AI systems for state-of-the-art performance across various risk domains. Our Post-Training Team works tirelessly to fine-tune and scaffold AI models, ensuring they reach their full potential.About the RoleWe are seeking a strong Research Scientist to join our team. As a member of this team, you will...

Estimated Salary: £80,000 - £110,000 per annumAbout the RoleWe are seeking an exceptional Senior AI Safety Researcher to join our team at the AI Safety Institute. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of safety cases and advance the field of AI governance.Key ResponsibilitiesConduct foundational research on safety cases to help...

Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled Research Scientist to join our team at the AI Safety Institute. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of rigorous scientific techniques for the measurement of frontier AI system capabilities.As a member of our Science of Evaluations team, you will be responsible for conducting...

We are seeking an exceptional Cybersecurity Research Engineer to join our team at the AI Safety Institute. Our goal is to develop first-of-its-kind government-run infrastructure to benchmark the progress of advanced AI capabilities in cyber security. The selected candidate will work closely with a cross-functional team of cybersecurity researchers, machine...

Role OverviewThe AI Safety Institute is seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Safety Researcher to join its Safeguard Analysis Team. The successful candidate will play a key role in researching and developing interventions that secure systems from abuse by bad actors.About the RoleThis is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for an experienced researcher to...

**About the Role:**We are seeking a highly skilled Research Lead to join our team at the AI Safety Institute. In this role, you will be responsible for advancing the state of science in evaluating societal-level harms caused by advanced AI systems.The Crime and Social Destabilisation workstream is a new initiative that focuses on assessing and mitigating...

As advanced AI systems continue to evolve, the potential risks associated with their cyber capabilities pose a significant threat to organizational and individual security. These risks are particularly concerning when combined with other AI risk areas, such as harmful outcomes from biological and chemical capabilities, and autonomous systems.The AI Safety...

AI Safety Institute OverviewThe Post-Training Team at the AI Safety Institute is dedicated to enhancing the performance of artificial intelligence systems across various risk domains. This is achieved through a combination of scaffolding, prompting, and fine-tuning of AI models. As a member of this team, you will utilize cutting-edge machine learning...

Atla Ai: Safeguarding the Future of HumanityAbout Us:We're Atla Ai, a pioneering London-based start-up dedicated to engineering safe and beneficial AI systems. Our mission is to drive positive change in the world by developing cutting-edge AI evaluation models.Role Overview:As our alignment research engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future...

About the RoleWe are seeking a Senior Researcher to join our Frontier Evaluations team at the AI Safety Institute. As a member of this team, you will play a key role in developing and applying rigorous scientific techniques for the measurement of frontier AI system capabilities.Your responsibilities will include:Developing methods for inferring model...