Google DeepMind
3 open roles (AI safety, policy & security)
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Google DeepMind is a leading AI research and product company aiming to develop general artificial intelligence. It's known for systems like AlphaGo, AlphaFold and Gemini. It has some teams that focus on AI safety, including the Scalable Alignment Team focusing on aligning existing state-of-the-art systems, and the Alignment Team focused on research bets for aligning future systems.
In our career review on working at a leading AI lab you can find some discussion on various considerations for and against this option.
Open roles (AI safety, policy & security )We're only confident in recommending DeepMind roles working on safety, governance, policy, ethics and security issues.
For some discussion of working on AI capabilities to advance AI safety work see some anonymous advice we've collected from experts on this topic.
You can find all of DeepMind's roles on their careers page.
We're only confident in recommending DeepMind roles working on safety, governance, policy, ethics and security issues.
For some discussion of working on AI capabilities to advance AI safety work see some anonymous advice we've collected from experts on this topic.
You can find all of DeepMind's roles on their careers page.
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Preventing an AI-related catastrophe
Problem profile
Working at a leading AI lab
Career review
AI safety technical research
Career review
Anonymous advice on if you should work on AI capabilities to help reduce AI risk
Article
Interview with Rohin Shah, a researcher who leads DeepMind's Alignment Team
Podcast
External content
Links to DeepMind's latest research and products
Research
Holistic Safety and Responsibility Evaluations of Advanced AI Models
Research
An early warning system for novel AI risks
Research
Evaluating Frontier Models for Dangerous Capabilities
Research
Information about DeepMind's Alignment and Scalable Alignment teams
Blog post
Preparing for Debate AI with DeepMind safety researcher Geoffrey Irving
Podcast