Miles Brundage
@Miles_Brundage
Independent AI policy researcher, wife guy in training, fan of cute animals and sci-fi. I have a Substack.
New blog post (link in next tweet) - "Standards, Incentives, and Evidence: The Frontier AI Governance Triad." I explain the basic building blocks of making sure that frontier AI systems are safe and secure.

🆕 blog post! My job involves funding projects aimed at preventing catastrophic risks from transformative AI. Over the two years I’ve been doing this, I’ve noticed a number of projects that I wish more people would work on. So here’s my attempt at fleshing out ten of them. 🧵
for a little blast from the (not so distant) past this week, on hyperdimensional: America’s AI Action Plan
Has Anthropic expressed this position publicly before? I'm wondering what other positions AI companies aren't able to get the government onboard for, and therefore also aren't publicizing
SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.”
regardless of where you think ai progress actually is today, it's important to have compassion for people going through this sort of thing, and important that we as a society communicate about it soberly
the openai IMO news hit me pretty heavy this weekend i'm still in the acute phase of the impact, i think i consider myself a professional mathematician (a characterization some actual professional mathematicians might take issue with, but my party my rules) and i don't think i…
Exsqueeze me x.com/elonmusk/statu…
230k GPUs, including 30k GB200s, are operational for training Grok @xAI in a single supercluster called Colossus 1 (inference is done by our cloud providers). At Colossus 2, the first batch of 550k GB200s & GB300s, also for training, start going online in a few weeks. As Jensen…
Our job ad closes August 3rd! We're still looking for technical folks (ML, CS, EE, semiconductors) who're keen to apply their knowledge to ground policy in technical details. Also, strong generalists who help me run the show! Please apply, even if you're in doubt.
My team at RAND is hiring! Technical analysis for AI policy is desperately needed. Particularly keen on ML engineers and semiconductor experts eager to shape AI policy. Also seeking excellent generalists excited to join our fast-paced, impact-oriented team. Links below.