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Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2023 4 Ben Garfinkel, Kayla Blomquist Michael Osborne, Robert Trager
2024 34 Ben Bucknall, Ben Garfinkel, Ben Harack, Charles Martinet, Charles Martinet, Claire Dennis, Elias Groll, Elisabeth Siegel, Fazl Barez, José Jaime Villalobos, Julian Jacobs, Kayla Blomquist, Kwan Yee Ng, Leonie Koessler, Lucia Velasco, Marta Ziosi, Milan Gandhi, Nicholas Caputo, Noa Zilberman, Orsolya Dobe, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Sihao Huang, Sumaya Nur Adan, Tim Fist, Toby Ord Allan Dafoe, Julia C. Morse, Michael Osborne, Naima Green-Riley, Nikki Sun, Robert Trager Henry de Zoete, Sam Daws
2025 45 Ben Bucknall, Ben Garfinkel, Ben Harack, Benedictus Djanuar, Charles Martinet, Claire Dennis, Elias Groll, Elisabeth Siegel, Fazl Barez, Jan Króliński, Janvi Ahuja, Jeba Sania, José Jaime Villalobos, Julian Jacobs, Kayla Blomquist, Keir Reid, Kwan Yee Ng, Leonie Koessler, Lucia Velasco, Luise Eder, Malou van Draanen Glismann, Marta Ziosi, Milan Gandhi, Miro Pluckebaum, Nicholas Caputo, Noa Zilberman, Orsolya Dobe, Patricia Paskov, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Sihao Huang, Sumaya Nur Adan, Tim Fist, Toby Ord, Ze Shen Chin Allan Dafoe, Julia C. Morse, Lama Saouma, Michael Osborne, Naima Green-Riley, Nikki Sun, Robert Trager Henry de Zoete, Mark Robinson, Sam Daws
2026 37 Ben Bucknall, Ben Garfinkel, Ben Harack, Benedictus Djanuar, Charles Martinet, Claire Dennis, Elias Groll, Fazl Barez, Jan Króliński, Janvi Ahuja, Jeba Sania, José Jaime Villalobos, Julian Jacobs, Kayla Blomquist, Keir Reid, Kwan Yee Ng, Luise Eder, Malou van Draanen Glismann, Marta Ziosi, Milan Gandhi, Miro Pluckebaum, Nicholas Caputo, Orsolya Dobe, Patricia Paskov, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Sumaya Nur Adan, Ze Shen Chin Allan Dafoe, Julia C. Morse, Lama Saouma, Michael Osborne, Nikki Sun, Robert Trager Henry de Zoete, Mark Robinson, Sam Daws

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2023-01-01 2 Ben Garfinkel, Robert Trager
2024-01-01 6 Ben Garfinkel, Claire Dennis, Kayla Blomquist, Michael Osborne, Nikki Sun, Robert Trager
2025-01-01 33 Allan Dafoe, Ben Bucknall, Ben Garfinkel, Ben Harack, Charles Martinet, Claire Dennis, Elias Groll, Elisabeth Siegel, Fazl Barez, Jan Króliński, José Jaime Villalobos, Julia C. Morse, Julian Jacobs, Kayla Blomquist, Kwan Yee Ng, Leonie Koessler, Lucia Velasco, Marta Ziosi, Michael Osborne, Milan Gandhi, Miro Pluckebaum, Naima Green-Riley, Nicholas Caputo, Nikki Sun, Noa Zilberman, Orsolya Dobe, Robert Trager, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Sihao Huang, Sumaya Nur Adan, Tim Fist, Toby Ord
2026-01-01 34 Allan Dafoe, Ben Bucknall, Ben Garfinkel, Ben Harack, Benedictus Djanuar, Charles Martinet, Claire Dennis, Elias Groll, Fazl Barez, Jan Króliński, Janvi Ahuja, Jeba Sania, José Jaime Villalobos, Julia C. Morse, Julian Jacobs, Kayla Blomquist, Keir Reid, Kwan Yee Ng, Lama Saouma, Luise Eder, Malou van Draanen Glismann, Marta Ziosi, Michael Osborne, Milan Gandhi, Miro Pluckebaum, Nicholas Caputo, Nikki Sun, Orsolya Dobe, Patricia Paskov, Robert Trager, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Sumaya Nur Adan, Ze Shen Chin

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2023-01-01 2 2 0 Ben Garfinkel, Robert Trager
2023-09-01 3 1 0 Michael Osborne
2023-10-01 4 1 0 Kayla Blomquist
2024-01-01 6 2 0 Claire Dennis, Nikki Sun
2024-02-01 8 2 0 José Jaime Villalobos, Sam Daws
2024-04-01 10 2 0 Charles Martinet, Marta Ziosi
2024-05-01 14 4 0 Ben Bucknall, Saad Siddiqui, Scott Singer, Toby Ord
2024-06-01 17 3 0 Julian Jacobs, Milan Gandhi, Sumaya Nur Adan
2024-07-01 18 1 0 Ben Harack
2024-08-01 26 8 0 Allan Dafoe, Elisabeth Siegel, Julia C. Morse, Leonie Koessler, Naima Green-Riley, Noa Zilberman, Sihao Huang, Tim Fist
2024-09-01 29 3 0 Elias Groll, Fazl Barez, Nicholas Caputo
2024-10-01 32 4 -1 Henry de Zoete, Kwan Yee Ng, Lucia Velasco, Orsolya Dobe Charles Martinet
2024-10-02 33 1 0 Charles Martinet
2025-01-01 35 2 0 Jan Króliński, Miro Pluckebaum
2025-02-01 28 1 -8 Benedictus Djanuar Elisabeth Siegel, Leonie Koessler, Lucia Velasco, Naima Green-Riley, Noa Zilberman, Sihao Huang, Tim Fist, Toby Ord
2025-05-01 29 1 0 Janvi Ahuja
2025-06-01 33 4 0 Lama Saouma, Luise Eder, Mark Robinson, Ze Shen Chin
2025-07-01 35 2 0 Jeba Sania, Malou van Draanen Glismann
2025-08-01 37 2 0 Keir Reid, Patricia Paskov

List of people (46 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Robert Trager Director 2023-01-01 [1], [2]
Michael Osborne Professor of Machine Learning 2023-09-01 [1], [2]
Nikki Sun Programme Manager 2024-01-01 full-time [3], [4], [2]
Marta Ziosi Postdoctoral Researcher 2024-04-01 full-time [5], [6], [2]
Nicholas Caputo Legal Researcher 2024-09-01 full-time [7], [8], [2]
Fazl Barez Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2024-09-01 [9], [10], [2]
Ben Garfinkel Postdoctoral Researcher 2023-01-01 [11], [2]
Sam Daws Senior Advisor 2024-02-01 [3], [2]
Henry de Zoete Senior Advisor and Visiting Fellow 2024-10-01 part-time [12], [13], [2]
Allan Dafoe Visiting Fellow 2024-08-01 [14], [2]
Julia C. Morse Visiting Fellow 2024-08-01 [14], [2]
Sumaya Nur Adan Research Affiliate 2024-06-01 [14], [15]
José Jaime Villalobos Research Affiliate 2024-02-01 [14], [16]
Patricia Paskov Research Affiliate 2025-08-01 [17]
Kayla Blomquist Research Affiliate 2023-10-01 [3], [18], [19]
Claire Dennis Research Affiliate 2024-01-01 [14], [20]
Ben Harack Research Affiliate 2024-07-01 part-time [14], [21]
Julian Jacobs Research Affiliate 2024-06-01 [14], [22]
Malou van Draanen Glismann Research Affiliate 2025-07-01 full-time [23]
Jan Króliński Graduate Researcher 2025-01-01 [24]
Mark Robinson Senior Advisor 2025-06-01 [25]
Keir Reid Research Affiliate 2025-08-01 [26]
Orsolya Dobe Research Affiliate 2024-10-01 [27]
Charles Martinet Research 2024-10-02 [28]
Miro Pluckebaum Research Affiliate 2025-01-01 [27]
Janvi Ahuja Research Affiliate 2025-05-01 [29]
Milan Gandhi Research Affiliate 2024-06-01 part-time [14], [30]
Lama Saouma Visiting Fellow 2025-06-01 [31]
Jeba Sania Technical AI Governance Research Fellow 2025-07-01 [32]
Ze Shen Chin Research Affiliate 2025-06-01 [33]
Kwan Yee Ng Research Affiliate 2024-10-01 [34]
Luise Eder Research Affiliate 2025-06-01 [35]
Elias Groll Research Affiliate 2024-09-01 [36]
Ben Bucknall Research Affiliate 2024-05-01 [14], [37]
Scott Singer Research Affiliate 2024-05-01 [38], [39]
Benedictus Djanuar Graduate Research Assistant 2025-02-01 [40]
Saad Siddiqui Research Affiliate 2024-05-01 [14], [41]
Charles Martinet Research Affiliate 2024-04-01 2024-10-01 [38], [28], [12]
Toby Ord Senior Researcher 2024-05-01 2025-02-01 [5], [12]
Naima Green-Riley Visiting Fellow 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Tim Fist Research Affiliate 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Noa Zilberman Research Affiliate 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Leonie Koessler Research Affiliate 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Sihao Huang Research Affiliate 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Elisabeth Siegel Research Affiliate 2024-08-01 2025-02-01 [14], [12]
Lucia Velasco Research Affiliate 2024-10-01 2025-02-01 [11], [12]

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