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Heidy Khlaaf
AI Now InstituteChief AI Scientist
Khlaaf helped establish AI safety engineering: evaluating models and autonomous software against the hazards of real safety-critical systems. She led OpenAI's Codex safety evaluation and now studies military and national-security uses of AI at the AI Now Institute.
Career & education
Current roleAI Now InstituteJun 2024-presentChief AI Scientist
AI Now InstituteJun 2024-presentPreviously
OpenAI2020-2021Senior Systems Safety Engineer
OpenAI2020-2021Education
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.
citations15,143As of Oct 11, '26
citations+3,094Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
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