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Research Scientist, Human Influence
Research Scientist, Human Influence
AI safety & policy
Full-time
AI safety & policy
Full-time
Deadline
2026-11-29
Salary
£65,000 and £145,000 per year
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Description
Lead research on how frontier AI systems influence people through large-scale studies, evaluations, and policy-relevant publications.
  • Design and run RCTs, human-AI interaction studies, and large-scale data analyses
  • Build evaluations, benchmarks, and datasets to track AI capabilities and real-world risk
  • Publish research and help set the team’s agenda on human influence and AI safety
  • Engage with policymakers, regulators, frontier labs, and the wider research community
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