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Helen Toner is a prominent AI policy researcher and former OpenAI board member whose work at CSET focuses on AI governance, U.S.-China AI competition, and the strategic implications of advanced AI systems.

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This is the staff profile page for Helen Toner, Interim Executive Director at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). She has a background in AI policy, strategy, and U.S.-China competition, with prior roles at Open Philanthropy and Oxford's Centre for the Governance of AI. The page aggregates her publications, media appearances, and research contributions.

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  • •Helen Toner serves as Interim Executive Director at CSET, focusing on AI policy, strategy, and export controls.
  • •She previously advised policymakers at Open Philanthropy and studied China's AI ecosystem as an Oxford Research Affiliate.
  • •Her work covers U.S.-China AI competition, military AI applications, and AI governance, with publications in Foreign Affairs, TIME, and The Economist.
  • •Recent work includes a CSET report on AI systems building future AI ('When AI Builds AI') and commentary on Pentagon-Anthropic disputes.
  • •She has testified before multiple Congressional committees on AI policy matters.

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 Helen Toner is the Interim Executive Director at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). She previously worked as a Senior Research Analyst at Open Philanthropy, where she advised policymakers and grantmakers on AI policy and strategy. Between working at Open Philanthropy and joining CSET, Helen lived in Beijing, studying the Chinese AI ecosystem as a Research Affiliate of Oxford University’s Center for the Governance of AI. Helen has written for Foreign Affairs, the Economist, TIME, and other outlets about U.S.-China competition and AI policy, as well as testifying before several Congressional committees. Helen holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown alongside a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a Diploma in Languages from the University of Melbourne.

 

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 Leading artificial intelligence companies have started to use their own systems to accelerate research and development, with each generation of AI systems contributing to building the next generation. This report distills points of consensus and… Read More 

 
 
 
 
 
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