Opportunity type
Part-time role
Volunteer
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Skill set
Research
Information security
Forecasting
Deadline
2026-03-15
Description
A short-term, paid research opportunity for cybersecurity professionals to help measure how quickly AI systems are advancing in offensive cyber tasks.
Research impact – Contribute real-world time data to a study replicating and extending METR’s work on AI capability growth in cybersecurity
Technical challenges – Work on tasks matched to your skills, from binary exploitation and memory-safety bugs to cryptography and reverse engineering
Flexible commitment – 6–12 hours minimum, with up to 30+ hours for strong skill matches; start immediately
Compensation – Volunteer option or contracting pay up to $100/hour based on experience
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