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Paul Christiano becomes head of AI safety at the U.S. AI Safety Institute

NIST appointed Christiano to lead frontier-model safety testing for capabilities of national-security concern and to help develop evaluation guidance and risk mitigations for the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM38confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

A government role dedicated to testing frontier models and developing national-security risk mitigations materially strengthens public-sector oversight and safety capacity.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 38 · confidence 94

    New historical primary evidence verifies Christiano's completed appointment and the role's concrete frontier-model evaluation and mitigation responsibilities.

    13 Aug 2026

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