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@NateBurnikell

Chief Strategy Officer, AI Security Institute. Generalist who enjoys doing difficult things and trying to make the world less bad. Views mine, rt!=endorse

London Joined May 2024

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Nate @NateBurnikell Aug 21

Very stoked to say that I'm becoming @AISecurityInst's Chief Strategy Officer, to lead the org alongside @HZoete - our next Director.

I love this place. I've been here since AISI was just a wild idea. Getting to lead its next chapter is an enormous privilege.

AI Security Institute (AISI) Verified account @AISecurityInst Aug 21

Today we're announcing two senior appointments. @HZoete joins as our new Director, and @NateBurnikell becomes our new Chief Strategy Officer.

Henry de Zoete was instrumental in establishing AISI and already advises government on AI. A successful tech founder and one of the UK's leading voices on AI, he brings a rare mix of technical, commercial & policy expertise.

Nate Burnikell has been at the heart of AISI's work from the beginning, helping build it into a world-leading authority on frontier AI security.

Together, they'll drive forward AISI's mission at a critical time for AI.

A big thank you to our outgoing Interim Director Adam Beaumont, who guided AISI through rapid growth and strengthened its global standing. We wish him every success as he returns to @GCHQ and look forward to continuing to work with him.

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Nate @NateBurnikell Nov 5

Thanks for stopping by! @liambyrnemp @CommonsBTC

Liam Byrne MP Verified account @liambyrnemp Nov 4

Immensely grateful to the outstanding team at @AISecurityInst for briefing @commonsbtc today on its world-leading work keeping AI safe for all!

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Nate @NateBurnikell Nov 2

We are hiring a Head of Private Office and two Private Secretaries at @AISecurityInst to work with me (Chief Strategy Officer) and @HZoete (Director).

If you’re sharp, ambitious, and want to help us run an important and fast-moving organisation, read on!

Nate @NateBurnikell Oct 26

Today, two new studies from AISI's Chem-Bio team.

(1) Can AI agents recreate functions of biological AI tools without access to their code?

(2) Can filtering training data reliably prevent particular capabilities?

Important work from a cracked team.

AI Security Institute (AISI) Verified account @AISecurityInst Oct 26

New research from AISI's Chem-Bio team: two studies on safeguarding biological AI tools - specialised models that are driving rapid advances in biology, from predicting protein structures to designing molecules. 🧵
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Nate @NateBurnikell Oct 1

This was (and is) a huge org-wide effort. Massive credit to teams across @AISecurityInst and @NCSC for all the work that got us here. We aren't stopping here: AI capabilities are increasing rapidly, security practices need to keep pace.

AI Security Institute (AISI) Verified account @AISecurityInst Oct 1

In August we committed to strengthening our security following an incident in which an agent took unsanctioned actions during a cyber evaluation. We are now sharing an update on our progress, and what's coming next: 🧵

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