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Allan Dafoe
Google DeepMindSenior Director, Frontier Strategy and Governance
Dafoe founded the Centre for the Governance of AI and the Cooperative AI Foundation, helping establish AI governance as a dedicated research field.[1] At Google DeepMind, he leads frontier strategy and governance[1] and helped develop its framework for identifying and controlling capabilities that could cause severe harm.[2]
Career & education
Current roleGoogle DeepMind2025-presentSenior Director, Frontier Strategy and Governance
Google DeepMind2025-presentPreviouslyGoogle DeepMind2023-2025Director
University of Oxford2018-2021Associate Professor
Yale University2012-2018Assistant Professor
Google DeepMind2023-2025President2021-2023
Director2018-2021
University of Oxford2018-2021Yale University2012-2018Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations42,134As of Nov 9, '26
citations+6,790Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
References
- Allan Dafoe — official biographyallandafoe.com
Personal site confirms founder of GovAI and founder/trustee of Cooperative AI Foundation; institutional founding supports field-building framing. Also confirms exact current title Senior Director, Frontier Strategy and Governance, Google DeepMind.
- Google DeepMind — Frontier Safety Framework, original technical reportstorage.googleapis.com
Original framework specifies critical capability levels and mitigation protocols; acknowledgements explicitly credit development under leadership including Allan Dafoe. No sole-authorship claim.
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Reviewed August 8, 2026 · Checked for accuracy and new information.