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Toby Ord

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Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative at University of Oxford

🇦🇺 Australian

Ord helped make existential risk a central question in AI governance. His book The Precipice argued that unaligned AI could threaten humanity’s future, while his research translates uncertainty about transformative AI into priorities for policy. He also founded Giving What We Can and helped launch effective altruism.

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Background

Current role
Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative 2024-present
Previously
2019-2024Senior Research Fellow,
2014-2019Research Fellow,
Born1979
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 14, 2026

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