Ajeya CotraMember of Technical Staff · METRResearcher↗
Researcher
METRMember of Technical Staff
Engels studies whether advanced AI systems can be understood and kept under control. He co-authored influential tests of sparse autoencoders—tools for identifying internal model features—and scaling laws for supervising systems that may outperform their overseers.
METRSep 2026-present
Google DeepMindAug 2025-Aug 2026Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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