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george balston

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I am Co-Founder and Policy Lead at AVERI, a non-profit focused on making third party auditing of frontier AI effective and universal.

Previously, I served as Co-Director for Defence & National Security at The Alan Turing Institute, where I founded CETaS and led a research programme on emerging technology and national security.

Before that, I worked for the U.K. Government researching, developing, and deploying new analytical capabilities.

Working to ensure democracies can adopt powerful AI systems safely and competitively.

Recent Work

  • Launching AVERI: A non profit with an aim to make third party auditing of frontier AI effective and universal.
  • Frontier AI Auditing: Toward Rigorous Third-Party Assessment of Safety and Security Practices at Leading AI Companies.
  • AEF-1: Minimum Operating Conditions for Independent Third Party AI Evaluations.

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